Occupants described as 'unfriendly' by neighbours

The Star, Wednesday September 11, 2013

CHERAS: The occupants of two houses from where police seized more than RM50mil worth of drugs were described as “unfriendly” by neighbours.

 

A woman, who wished to only be known as Rosie, 48, said the house near a popular shopping mall in Cheras was rented by the suspect about six months ago.

“I’ve lived here for more than seven years. I knew the family that stayed in the house before the new tenant moved in. I was close to them but not with the new occupant,” she said yesterday.

She said the man often came back late and had never initiated any conversation with her or her family members.

“He used to come back alone or sometimes with another person, usually late at night,” she said, adding that she was shocked when police turned up and nabbed two men and a woman who were in the house.

“I was watching television when I heard the loud police siren,” she said.

Rosie said she never suspected that criminal activities were going on at her neighbour’s house.

“If we had known, we would have reported it to the police,” she said.

Another neighbour, who wanted to be known as Tan, 56, described the suspect as “unfriendly”.

“In the mornings I would see him outside the house, but he usually ignored me when I tried to talk to him,” he said.

A check at the house showed that it was empty.

In Bandar Sungai Long, Kajang, people living near the other house that was raided were reluctant to talk about the arrests of two men and seizure of drugs.

The neighbours denied knowing the tenants of the house.