News by Timothy Achariam

The Shah Alam High Court has extended Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) founder and adviser Tan Sri Vincent Tan's restraining order against Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over alleged defamatory remarks the politician made concerning the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) project.

Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) founder and adviser Tan Sri Vincent Tan and BCorp's unit Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand) have obtained a restraining order against Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor which prevents him from making similar defamatory remarks relating to the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) project.

Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) founder and adviser Tan Sri Vincent Tan and BCorp's unit Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand) are suing caretaker Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over alleged defamatory remarks relating to the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) project.

This is the first decision made on a CVA that has been challenged in court.

A three-judge bench said there are no merits in the appeal brought by DBKL.

The Federal Court will deliver its decision next Tuesday (April 18) on an appeal brought by a developer and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) against the judicial review application filed by Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents over the development order granted for a multi-storey housing project on a plot of land in the Taman Rimba Kiara recreational park.

Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh was charged at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (April 5) for offering RM500,000 a year for 15 years for the benefit of then communications and multimedia minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa in exchange for expediting Abdul Hamid’s company's take over of the KL Tower concession.

Nga said the rates that can be charged for such entities in Malaysia are now one of the lowest in the region.

Ranjan Chandran, the lawyer for the 36 buyers who are seeking to be interveners to oppose the CVA, submitted on Wednesday (Jan 4) that the CVA was usually intended for ailing companies and not for abandoned developments.

Tan Sri Cecil Abraham representing YWP submitted to a three-man bench via online proceedings that the application for the development of the Taman Rimba Kiara land was made solely by Memang Perkasa and did not involve YWP.