A 70-year-old woman alleged she was assaulted in a dispute over trees at the Bungaraya Condominium in Shah Alam.

Charlotte Ng claimed she was pushed to the floor and "almost punched" by a committee member of the Bungaraya Condominium on Thursday.

"He almost punched me - assaulting the only lady in the group," Ng said when contacted, adding that she had visited a hospital after experiencing chest pains.

Ng and a group of residents had attempted to confront the management committee over the alleged cutting down of trees within the condominium while they were holding a meeting.

The committee's chairperson HK Yap denied the assault.

“We were having a monthly meeting among ourselves (the committee) when these residents demanded to enter.

“Although a security guard stationed outside the room denied them entry, they made their way in,” he told Malaysiakini.

Ng claimed she fell during the scuffle.

On Monday, the group of unhappy residents had submitted a memorandum to the Shah Alam Commissioner of Building's office, urging the state government to intervene.

They want the Commissioner of Building (COB) to instruct the condominium's management committee to convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to discuss the alleged "illegal" felling of 22 trees.

However, Yap claimed only eight trees were cut down while 12 more were pollarded. Pollarding is a process by which top branches of a tree are cut to encourage new growth.

Yap claimed that the 128 signatures the group submitted to the COB to call for an EGM did not meet the minimum requirement as some of them were not unit owners.

“Even if they have 128 signatories, it does not meet the required 25 percent needed to call for an EGM," he claimed.

However, Jacob George, the legal counsel for the group of disgruntled residents, disputed this, pointing out that 11 renters have letters of consent to represent the unit owners.

“This is more than the 25 percent needed for an extraordinary general meeting,” he said when contacted.