Taken from another article:
"• Dispute had already gone through Community Mediation Centre and escalated to Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals, but still unresolved."
We already said years ago that these two agencies are just Paper Tigers and end up resolving nothing.
They are just hopeful outlets for people to go complain and waste time + energy until they hopefully just give up and learn to live together. But the people behind this idea do not live in HDB or have neighbours like this to understand many times, conflicts escalate to the path of no return.
"
New laws were
introduced in 2024 to tackle disputes between neighbours.
The Community Disputes Resolution Act was amended for a
new Community Relations Unit to be established.
The unit’s officers are given investigatory and enforcement powers to intervene in disputes between neighbours, and the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals has enhanced powers to resolve cases more quickly and effectively.
Most disputes between neighbours are noise-related, with government agencies receiving an average of around 2,500 complaints monthly.
Some have turned deadly.
In July, a dispute between neighbours in Yishun
left one dead and another injured
The man who died was found lying motionless at the foot of the block after allegedly using a knife to attack his neighbour.
In December 2024, a feud between two
elderly neighbours in King George’s Avenue left one man dead. The dispute was allegedly over one of them bumping into the other on the ground floor and not apologising.
In January 2024, a man allegedly
murdered his female neighbour in Bukit Batok. Neighbours said both argued over noise for a few years."
These 2 agencies are pretty much useless if not deadly if this is their track record.