Kuala Lumpur: A marketing executive and a retiree were granted a combined award of over RM30,000 by the Consumer Claims Tribunal on Wednesday when the respondents to their claims failed to turn up.

In the first case, 30-year-old Jeevan Jaganathan was granted the RM16,488 compensation he sought from New Acres Sdn Bhd, which is in charge of maintenance and security for Mediterranean Apartments in Shah Alam where he resides.

He lodged a claim with the tribunal after his car, was stolen from the apartment's parking lot in May. The car was found a month later at another location by the police with various accessories missing.

Jeevan filed a claim for loss of use of his car as well as the value of the accessories stole, which were not covered by his insurance policy.

In the second case, 63-year-old Tan Kwi Lim was awarded the RM13,720 he sought from contractor Lum Lip Chee who was appointed to renovate his house.

Tan said he had paid RM25,800 to Lum for construction work to his house but the latter had only completed half the job.

The tribunal's deputy chairman Eddie Yeo Soon Chye said both New Acres Sdn Bhd and Lum had 14 days from Wednesday to compensate the claimants with the respective amount, failing which it would become a criminal offence. Both respondents however have 30 days from the same date to file an application to set aside the awards.