MEA 'acted legally' in cutting power to mall
Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) union leader Pian Yongnu on Thursday insisted the agency's cutting of the power supply to Imperial World Mall's Lat Phrao branch was legal.
Pian said the mall owed Bt15 million in overdue power bills from March to May, and had been warned that if it didn’t pay up the power would be cut on Wednesday.
An MEA official sent to warn the mall on Monday was "invited to stay and talk" by tenants in the afternoon, while the mall urged the Lat Phrao district electricity office to issue an urgent letter to say there had been a misunderstanding on MEA’s part, he said. The office issued the letter for fear that the official would not be allowed to leave. Pian said the office had to issue three such letters before the mall was satisfied and allowed the official to leave the premises after 6.30pm.
As the urgent letters were used to blame the MEA, Pian said the MEA had acted according to legal procedures, adding that by June 19 the mall had paid Bt10 million of the Bt15 million owed.
