Woman claims neighbour throws faeces at her laundry

For three years, Madam Ng Wai Leng would wake up to find cigarette butts, cockroaches and even faeces thrown into her flat.

Traumatised by this, her family installed a closedcircuit television (CCTV) camera and caught the alleged culprit in action.

It was her neighbour.

And she believes it all started because of a pair of slippers.

She said: "I woke up one morning to find my slippers missing, so I asked my neighbour about it.

She must have been insulted that I would suspect it might be her."

Madam Ng said that when she moved into her five-room flat at Block 746, Jurong West Street 73, eight years ago, everything was peaceful until her neighbour, Madam Soh, moved in with her family three years ago.

Madam Soh would allegedly hurl vulgarities and verbally abuse Madam Ng's family when they walked past her flat.

Madam Ng, a 37-year-old sales coordinator, said her neighbour had hurled insults in Hokkien at her and her children, aged eight and 10, as she was taking them to school on at least five occasions.

"She cursed my husband to die in a car crash and scolded us for making a sound while walking outside their flat. How is it possible to not make a sound while coming out of the flat?" she said. "I'm worried for my children's safety. Thankfully, they don't understand the Hokkien vulgarities."

COCKROACHES

She was shocked when she watched CCTV footage of Madam Soh throwing cockroaches into her flat and taking away the welcome mat outside her door.

Both instances, which happened in June and September, took place in the middle of the night, she claimed.

Both parties went for a mediation session in October 2010, and Madam Soh signed an agreement ordering her to stop harassing the Ng family.

But she continued doing so half a year later.

"They were throwing cigarette butts into the house in the middle of the night. What if it started a fire in my house?" said Madam Ng.

On one instance, Madam Soh allegedly flung plastic bags containing faeces at Madam Ng's laundry.

"The faeces were really disgusting and the stench stayed for hours," said Madam Ng, who has made three police reports over her neighbour's alleged actions.

"It splattered all over my laundry and the bamboo poles. I had to throw away some of my clothing."

Their neighbours are no strangers to their disputes either. A neighbour on the same floor, who did not want to be named, said she was also a victim of Madam Soh's insults.

She said: "Occasionally when I bump into her in the corridors, she would start scolding me with vulgarities for no reason. I don't want to provoke her so I just keep quiet."

Madam Nur, a 45-year-old housewife living a storey below the disputing parties, says fights in Madam Soh's flat were common.

"They can always be heard fighting and quarrelling loudly in the middle of the night," she said.

According to the Community Mediation Centre's website, Madam Soh is liable for legal action if she has breached the terms of the mediation agreement.

The Housing Board said since the dispute persisted despite mediation, it is a private dispute and does not warrant enforcement action by HDB.

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