Malaysian police will not get involved, it's not their job to perform evictions...

I disagree please don't simply cut power and water, they can sue for business loss or material loss, ie like restaurants - food goes bad etc.

You'll be liable to pay for damages.



The right way to do it is follow the guidelines of your tenancy agreement, give notice and work out a solution.

They might have hit a bad patch. Try to arrange for partial payments and settle the balance when business picks up.

Engage a lawyer, if the tenant isn't interested in cooperating.

In the case of a shop, TS expecting rental income and should work towards a win win situation.

Taking the high handed approach should only be a last resort... after all civilised negotiations have failed.

There are many reasons why landlords shouldn't take the law into their own hands, it's been pointed out before, clearly should read or try to understand previous posts.

True the individuals may no longer be legal tenants but there is due process to follow.

How sure are you that an ex-tenant can't sue you or counter-claim for cutting utilities...?

Here are articles written by actual lawyers:-

http://www.taypartners.com.my/resource_dl/...mber%202006.pdf - why you can't evict someone without a court order.

http://www.leesweeseng.com/TenancyManagement.ppt - this slide is very informative demonstrates why stupid ideas like changing locks and seizing tenants goods can get landlords sued

There are many cases where tenants can sue landlords for attempting dumb stunts to evict them.

So how do you get the police to accompany the landlord on the day of eviction...? Please enlighten...

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This post has been edited by aaronpang: Mar 13 2008, 05:51 PM

I wouldn't try that on a business premises...

If goods or equipment go missing/damaged or if it doesn't belong to the tenant the landlord could be held liable.

The legal owners of the goods can take legal action to recover such goods or make landlords pay for losses.

Also since the landlord removed the items without a court official present. It's very hard to prove if goods were accounted for during the eviction or if anything was stolen... nobody impartial has recorded what the items present are and what's gone missing.

It might work if the tenants don't know their rights, they would just pick-up and leave.

However doing so exposes landlords to legal action and could result in the landlord getting sued and paying for losses

JUST FOLLOW LAW

Check with your lawyers on the next course of action, alternatively you can try engaging a PI to track this person down. There are ways and means to find a person, that's how banks/car repossess hunt down loan defaulters.

Sadly when a tenancy deal goes bad, you as the landlord will be the hardest hit as the law don't offer immediate legal protection and it could be costly to recover rent or evict the persons.

Every business has risks and this is one of them.

While I agree self-help will work you'll have to be careful because some tenants are unscrupulous and could be plotting to make money.

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You can't do that; check your facts before offering ill-advice... read the links I've posted. Landlords can get into legal troubles for prescribing to self-help methods such as barring entry into the premises without a court order.

Goods in the premises may not even belong to the tenants, which will further complicate matters.

This post has been edited by aaronpang: Apr 25 2008, 10:14 AM