Voucher for Damages
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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By Saravani Selvam, Wong Wei Mun
Kampar, Mar 11 (J-on) – A Danish House residents bicycle was damaged when the front porch ceiling collapsed onto it.
The soaked ceiling collapsed onto Saw’s bicycle.
According to the owner of the bicycle Saw Sheau Min, the incident happened due to heavy rain where water had accumulated in the ceiling.
Saw Sheau Min, not the first victim
Saw’s housemate Hoo Yee Wen, 22, made a complaint to the person-in-charge of the complaint department at Danish Management Office a day after the incident occurred.
Hoo said that the officer told her that they would need to see the bicycle first.
Later, Saw personally met with the management who than gave her a RM 10 voucher for food and beverage at Grand Kampar Hotel as compensation.
The RM 10 voucher which was given by the Danish Houses Management to Saw.
“Danish management refused to pay for damages because according to them, they took the same action for previous cases as well,” said Saw.
She added that the management express their apologies and dubbed the incident as a natural disaster.
Action was not taken to fix the ceiling.
She said that the cost to repair her bicycle was RM 18 and the voucher given did not even cover up her fixing cost.
