PUCHONG, Apr 17 (Sin Chew Daily) — A total of 17 property owners and tenants suffered damages due to a raid conducted by the Johor police to trace fugitive businessman Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee, founder of Winner Dynasty Group, at Setiawalk in Puchong.

Some of them related the ordeal in a press conference organized by Subang Jaya city councilor Yap Kok Weng, Selangor exco Ng Sze Han's assistant Wang Jun Wei, and legal advisor Tiew Way Keng.

Madam Su, one of the affected owners, said the police had raided a total of 22 units at Setiawalk last month.

It is learned that only five units were related to Liow, but the doors of 22 units were damaged.

Initial estimates put the damage at RM30,000.

"The estimates are cost quoted to repair the doors and do not include damages inside the units," she said.

Su said she was notified by her neighbor at 11.30pm on March 21 that several policemen were outside her unit to conduct a raid.

Su immediately informed her tenant, an engineer, who rushed home.

But the police had broken into the unit and damaged the door.

Her tenant asked for a discount in the rental after the incident.

She lodged a police report and was told it was a raid conducted by the police from Johor.

Tiew said more than three weeks after the raid that no one had been willing to take responsibility of the damage.

Tiew also questioned if the police had complied with the procedures to carry out the raid as stated in the criminal procedure code.

A tenant, Usha, said she had been living in Setiawalk for five years and this was the first time the police had conducted a raid.

She felt unsafe as the police in plain clothes entered the unit accompanied by soldiers. They did not produce any document to prove their identities.

Yap said the press conference was called to request for fair treatment when the police carried out a raid.

He hoped the police would improve its standard operating procedures (SOPs) on raids especially those involving innocent property owners.

Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the raids carried out in search of the "Nicky Gang" on March 20 and 21 at Setiawalk, Puchong, were conducted according to the SOPs of the Royal Malaysia Police.

The raid and search were according to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (Act 593) and the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Act 747), he said.

He said in the raid, 45 units of the condominium were searched by breaking the door locks, adding that it was carried out based on intelligence information and credible reasons.

This included suspecting the condominium as the hiding place of the gang to stash away documents and valuables.