KUALA LUMPUR: Umno has filed an utility for a stay of proceedings in a suit in opposition to it by SRC International Sdn Bhd for allegedly receiving a misappropriated sum of RM16mil from the corporate.
Umno because the defendant filed the appliance with an affidavit of assist by Messrs Shahrul Hamidi & Hamidi in the High Court right here on Nov 24.
In the affidavit, Umno government secretary Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan mentioned among the many causes for the appliance was that the defendant filed a discover of attraction to the Court of Appeal in opposition to Judicial Commissioner Quay Chew Soon’s choice on Nov 11 that dismissed the get together’s utility to strike out the suit and permit the appliance by SRC International, Gandingan Mentari and Jendela Pinggiran because the plaintiffs to amend the writ of summons and assertion of declare.
“The defendant shouldn’t be happy with the choices and has filed two notices of attraction to the Court of Appeal on Nov 17.
“On the identical day (Nov 10), Quay allowed the get together’s utility for an interim stay of the proceedings of the motion (suit) together with from submitting its defence assertion and directed the defendant to file an utility for a stay of proceedings for the suit,” mentioned Mohd Sumali in the affidavit.
Mohd Sumali claimed there was no prejudice in opposition to the plaintiffs if the court docket allowed the stay of proceedings of the suit.
“If this utility (stay of proceedings) shouldn’t be allowed by the court docket and the defendant is instructed to file a defence assertion, the appeals can be rendered worthless and educational as a result of if the appeals are allowed by the Court of Appeal, the entire proceedings of this utility can be cancelled,” mentioned Mohd Sumali.
Meanwhile, lawyer Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman who represented Umno, when contacted by Bernama after the case administration earlier than High Court Senior Assistant Registrar Noordura Mohamed Din mentioned the court docket had mounted a web based listening to for the appliance earlier than Quay on March 10 subsequent 12 months.
Mohamed Baharudeen Mohamed Ariff represented Umno, whereas Nur Syafinaz Vani Abdullah represented the plaintiffs in Thursday’s (Dec 9) proceedings.
In its writ of summons, the plaintiffs claimed that the political get together knew, or should have recognized, that the monies belonged to SRC International they usually had no foundation to obtain the funds.
On May 10, the Finance Ministry confirmed that 1MDB and its subsidiary SRC International had filed 22 civil fits to hunt its property of over RM96.6bil, together with RM300mil from varied native events.
It mentioned the writ of summons was filed on May 7, six by 1MDB and 16 by SRC International. – Bernama
