Hdb Unit Tio Chong-Kong. Owner Want To Sue Hdb

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http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201208101505-355383.html

公司董事被怀疑将整间组屋出租，结果屋子遭建屋局充公，他为此入禀法庭，成为第一位起诉建屋局，要法官撤销建屋局决定的屋主。

这名公司董事周德发（38岁）因即将结婚，前年以48万元在公开市场，买了武吉巴督的一个五房式转售组屋。

没想到屋子才买了1年多，周德发就被怀疑在没有通知建屋局的情况下，将整间组屋出租，结果屋子遭充公。

完整报道，请翻阅10.08.2012《新明日报》。

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Guess

who will be the winner

[Plastic3 0]

Landmark case...HDB really clamping down.

Interested in the final verdict.

[Batman 0]

Dun need to say also knw.. u think 'ah-gong' will lose meh??

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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/flat-owner-takes-hdb-court-053803641--sector.html

Flat owner takes HDB to court

By Romesh Navaratnarajah: In a landmark move, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has been taken to court after a flat owner filed a case against it for acquiring his flat due to alleged illegal subletting.

Chew Teck Fatt, owner of the five-room unit in Bukit Batok, wants the right to be fully heard based on all the evidence gathered.

But the HDB feels that the court does not have the power to review its decision and that it can compulsorily acquire a flat that has been illegally rented out.

According to facts of the case, HDB acquired Chew's unit after its officers discovered from tenants that he did not actually live there.

Chew denied the allegations, explaining that the third room is kept for his own use.

He added that several appeals were made to HDB not to acquire his flat but they were denied and resulted in the court action.

In its defence, the housing board said that tenant Zulkeple Husin signed a statement in March this year verifying it to be correct.

This is disputed by Zulkeple, who felt the document he signed only attested to the fact that HDB officers visited the flat.

At issue now is whether there must be continuous physical occupation of the property or whether Chew lost interest in the flat and illegally sublet the whole unit.

Chew also questions how HDB arrived at its decision when it did not give him any opportunity to address the whole issue.

He noted that the court action was a last resort, adding that he fully cooperated with HDB and hopes to see the case resolved.