Assets that cannot be seized

I REFER to the report “Knock, knock, we are coming for you” (The Star, Sept 5) and the letter “Tenants may suffer if owners default on fees” by Thomas Foo (Sept 9) respectively.

The municipal councils’ commissioner of buildings units (COB) are indeed exercising their legal powers under the Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA 2013) when they authorise the attachment of the movable property of defaulters. Under the SMA 2013, it is the duty of the purchaser or proprietor to pay the charges and contribution to the sinking fund in respect of his parcel to the developer or joint management body (JMB), or management corporation(MC) as the case may be, for the maintenance and management of the buildings and the common property in a development area.