KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today ordered Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and four other defendants to respond to a suit filed by the SRC International Sdn Bhd for alleged breach of trust and breach of statutory duty in relation to the RM4 billion Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) loan to SRC by Aug 30.
The four were SRC's former directors, Datuk Suboh Md Yassin, Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, Datuk Mohammed Azhar Osman and Datuk Che Abdullah @ Rashidi Che Omar.
Lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee who appeared for the former prime minister said the court has ordered the defendants to file their statements of defence by the end of the month.
"The court also ordered the plaintiff (SRC) to file its reply to their defence by Sept 30.
"Oct 4 was set for next case management," he told reporters after a case management today, which was conducted online before Judge Datuk Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin.
He said in the meantime, SRC was preparing a substituted service application to serve the writ of summons against Nik Faisal since he is unreachable and out of jurisdiction (out of the country).
On May 7, SRC under its new management has filed legal action against Najib and its former directors Suboh, Mohammed Azhar, Nik Faisal, Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, Tan Sri Ismee Ismail and Che Abdullah.
However, on July 22, it removed Ismee and Shahrol Azral's names from the suit and retained the others as defendants.
SRC, which is a subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in the writ of summons, alleged that all the defendants conspired and committed a breach of trust besides claiming that the former prime minister had abused his power and obtained personal benefits from SRC funds as well as misappropriated the funds.
Najib was the Advisor Emeritus of SRC from May 1, 2012, to March 4, 2019.
SRC, which is now wholly owned by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MoF Inc) is seeking a declaration that all the defendants are liable to pay the loss of investment funds as a result of the use of the loan amount in addition to claiming general damages, exemplary, additional and interest, costs and other appropriate relief provided by the court.
SRC, in its writ of summons, said that in January 2019, the company was placed under the care of officials from the Ministry of Finance (new management) and, after scrutinising and reviewing SRC records, found that SRC's previous directors had not taken any reasonable steps to ensure KWAP's loans amounting to RM4 billion to SRC in 2011 and 2012 were used properly to finance the company's general investment activities and general working capital requirements.
The company claimed that the previous directors did not monitor the disposal of RM3.6 billion to SRC BVI (proposed investment fund) allegedly for SRC to undertake investment activities in the energy resource sector overseas and failed to monitor the Malaysian government's exposure to guarantees given to SRC as well as failed to inquire about the misappropriation of SRC funds.
"The new management also found that a large number of withdrawals, transfers and use of KWAP loans were fraudulent or wrong," the company said in its writ of summons.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Aug 03 2021
The High Court today ordered Najib and four other defendants to respond to a suit filed by the SRC International Sdn Bhd for alleged breach of trust and breach of statutory duty in relation to the RM4 billion KWAP loan to SRC by Aug 30. - Astro AWANI
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