Home owners and those who operate commercial premises in Miri have been warned to pay their assessed property taxes. Otherwise, they could suffer the humiliation of being labelled as defaulters online.
“Many can afford the assessments but they refuse to pay,” said Miri Mayor Adam Yii.
“As a last resort, the council will have to publish their names on its website. We don’t want to do this but many have not been paying their assessments for years.”
Citing their latest compiled statistics, he estimates that about 20 percent of the 60,000 houses and commercial space in Miri still owe the city council tens of millions of ringgit in property taxes.
This means owners of 12,000 homes and business premises have not yet settle their assessments, with most defaulters comprising commercial companies.
Yii noted that the Miri City Council originally intended to address this problem on Monday’s (30 October) meeting. However, the assembly was cancelled as Pujut assemblyman Dr Ting Tiong Choon and his personal aide were told to leave for violating the prescribed dress code.
Previously, the body had established a dress code for councillors and media personnel attending council meetings.
Image sourced from The Star.
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