How effective is the Malaysian legal system?
Landlord and tenant issues and distress are handled by Sessions Courts. The court system is inefficient and is very costly compared to the amount to be recovered. Even if it seems that landlords do not have a problem in evicting non-paying tenants, recovering unpaid rents is a major problem. In 1997, a Control of Rent (Repeal) Act was passed aiming to help landlords to recover possession of the property and curb abuses by the tenants. The law has done very little to address both.
