(Video) Police probe trespassing incident at rent-to-own vehicle store

KAJANG: Police opened two investigation papers relating to an incident where a group of people and Islamic Consumer Association of Malaysia (PPIM) members allegedly barged into the premises of a rent-to-own vehicle scheme company.
Kajang district police chief ACP Othman Nanyan said police were alerted to the incident at 2.45pm on Monday.
"An executive manager of the company, 32, lodged a police report claiming a group of men, believed to be owners of the cars barged into the office at Sungai Sekamat, Batu 13 here, to allegedly reclaim their cars.

"Our investigations revealed that the group did not produce any court order to trespass the company's storeroom. We also found that the group together with PPIM members had broken the storeroom locks and took out 40 vehicles from the store," he said in a statement today.
Othman said the executive officer had also gone to the store to talk terms with the leaseholders.
PPIM members and towing company members were also present to take the cars in the store.
Othman said police have opened an investigation under Section 427 of the Penal Code for causing mischief and under Section 447 of the Penal Code for criminal trespass.
"Meanwhile, the Serdang commercial crimes investigation department is also investigating the company following 22 police reports lodged by the vehicle owners for alleged cheating," he said adding that no new arrest or seizures have been made at press time
PPIM special action unit director Yusuf Azmi said while the ‘raid’ was deemed successful, it was of little achievement as there were still more than 1,400 vehicles belonging to victims being held by the company.
“We don’t even know the whereabouts of the rest of the vehicles,” he told theSun, while calling for the police to initiate a probe into the matter.
Several tense confrontations could be seen between the victims and the company’s representatives during the operation, which was aired live in PPIM’s Facebook page.
Yusuf, however, said there was no physical violence involved between the two parties due to interference by PPIM’s representatives.
“There was no provocation involved. Police reports over the matter were lodged multiple times, but there was no action by the authorities to address the matter,” he said.
Yusuf said PPIM had to resort to taking matters into its own hands due to the lackadaisical of authorities to assist the victims, despite reports made previously.