Man sits in car for five hours to prevent it being taken away

From Malay Mail:-

PETALING JAYA: A man whose car was about to be towed away by Petaling Jaya City Council officers for parking on a yellow line created a ruckus when he refused to get out of his vehicle.

The fiasco began about 12.30pm yesterday when credit services assistant manager Saravanan Abbu, 35, was having lunch at a restaurant in Section 8 when he saw council officers attempting to tow away his illegally-parked Honda City.

He rushed to his car and apologised to the council officers who were hooking up his car to a tow truck. He pleaded with them to issue him a summons instead.

When they ignored his plea, and knowing a car cannot be towed with a passenger inside, he got into the driver's seat.

To break the impasse, police were called in.

At the PJ police headquarters, both parties lodged separate reports on the incident.

The council officers alleged Saravanan was obstructing when they were carrying out their duties while Saravanan's complaint was against them attempting to tow away his car despite his early presence at the scene.

After an hour of discussion mediated by an inspector at the police headquarters, the matter was eventually settled with Saravanan paying a RM270 fine, after negotiating it down from RM310.

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