{"id":3077,"date":"2021-06-04T11:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:11:39","slug":"law-of-tort-trespass-squatters-tnb-electricity-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/law-of-tort-trespass-squatters-tnb-electricity-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"LAW OF TORT\u2013 TRESPASS \u2013 SQUATTERS \u2013 TNB \u2013 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am an owner of a property. I am a registered proprietor. There are squatters who unlawfully occupy my property. Can I ask Tenaga Nasional Berhad (\u201cTNB\u201d) to stop supplying electricity to the squatters?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TNB has to comply with the owner\u2019s demand to cease supply of electricity.<\/li>\n<li>Otherwise, TNB will expose itself to a claim of trespass.<\/li>\n<li>TNB has a protocol to supply electricity to applicant who can produce supporting documentation showing he\/she is entitled to occupation of the property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is trespass?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In law, trespass is defined as \u201cunlawful direct and immediate interference with the possession of land which is in the possession of another person, or which another person is entitled to possession of\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It simply means interference of someone\u2019s land. Interference could be setting a foot, taking possession, destroying the items or building something on the land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is the law that protects my right to my property?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right to property is a right enshrined in our Federal Constitution via Article 13. Article 13 reads \u201c(1) No person shall be deprived of property save in accordance with law\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP 1 :<\/strong> Serve the order declaring the squatters\u2019 status on TNB.<br \/>\n<strong>STEP 2 :<\/strong> Demand for TNB to stop supplying electricity to the squatters.<\/p>\n<p><em>Case in point: Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Bukit Lenang Development Sdn Bhd [2019] 1MLJ 1. Federal Court (Putrajaya) \u2013 Civil Appeal no 02(f)-108\/10 of 2017(J)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can landowner demand TNB to cut electricity to squatters or illegal occupiers?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1561,1986],"tags":[1988,1987,1545],"class_list":["post-3077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tort","category-trespass","tag-squatters","tag-tnb","tag-trespass"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LAW OF TORT\u2013 TRESPASS \u2013 SQUATTERS \u2013 TNB \u2013 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"YHA &amp; Associates is a leading law firm in Malaysia.Specialises in handling Civil,Maritime,Shipping Matters,Company Law,Family Law,Real Estate and many ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/law-of-tort-trespass-squatters-tnb-electricity-supply\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_TW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LAW OF TORT\u2013 TRESPASS \u2013 SQUATTERS \u2013 TNB \u2013 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY | Yew Huoi, How &amp; 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