Lesson not learnt from the recent death of a schoolboy hit by a falling chair from an apartment in Pantai Dalam.
A resident of an apartment in Taman Seri Intan in Ampang Jaya was left with a hefty repair bill after his Perodua MyVi was damaged by a 10kg television set, thrown from one of the upper floor units.
The car was damaged on its front while the television broke into pieces in the incident at 12.30pm last Friday.
The car owner, Muhammad Nur Rashid Merzuki, 24, said he was not surprised by the incident as high-rise littering was apparently common at the location, the Malay Mail Online reported.
The online business operator said he has lived there since 2007 and seen various items being thrown onto cars below.
“A relative who came to visit me a few months ago had his car was damaged after someone threw a brick from the top floor, damaging his car,” he added.
Nur Rashid said that on the day of the incident, he had parked there to go to a nearby mosque when he received a call from his father to inform him about the damage.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Hamzah Alias said the apartment’s management lodged a police report soon after the incident.
He said investigations revealed that the owner initially left the faulty TV set outside his unit.
“The owner injured his foot while trying to take it down to dispose of it about two weeks ago, and then left it outside his house.
“The owner said he was shocked to find out someone had thrown it down,” Hamzah was quoted as saying.
He said police have taken the Nur Rashid’s statement and identified the TV set owner as a tenant of one of the units on the 13th floor.
Police are reviewing surveillance footage to try and identify those responsible for the incident.
Police urge witnesses to come forward and assist in the investigation.
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