Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Duties of liquidators

Legal area

Court

22 Apr 2025

1. ) DATO SERI YAP SENG YEW 2. ) DATIN SERI GAN LI LI 1. ) EXPO ELECTRONICS SDN BHD 2. ) CEKAP ASIA SDN BHD 3. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 4. ) SYED NAGIFF BIN SYED MOKHTAR 5. ) LIM LITT 6. ) HENG JI KENG 7. ) Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)

Citation

WA-22NCC-591-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-591-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Court found Expo, its liquidators (Lim Litt, Heng Ji Keng) and its solicitors deliberately concealed the prior binding judgment and material facts and that such concealment was conscious, deliberate and causative of the reinstatement order dated 28-6-2018; signatures and instruments relied on to remove plaintiffs and appoint new officers were forged; consequently the 28-6-2018 order was set aside, director and secretary appointments and share transfers were voided, company register must be rectified to pre-reinstatement status, post-reinstatement actions declared null and exemplary damages an…
22 Apr 2025

1. ) DATO SERI YAP SENG YEW 2. ) DATIN SERI GAN LI LI 1. ) EXPO ELECTRONICS SDN BHD 2. ) CEKAP ASIA SDN BHD 3. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 4. ) SYED NAGIFF BIN SYED MOKHTAR 5. ) LIM LITT 6. ) HENG JI KENG 7. ) Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)

Citation

WA-22NCC-591-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-591-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Court held plaintiffs proved that Expo, its liquidators and associated solicitors deliberately concealed the prior binding judgment of Suraya Othman J and material facts in the s.555 reinstatement application, conduct which amounted to conscious and deliberate dishonesty that was material and causative of the reinstatement order dated 28-6-2018; forged signatures were proven; accordingly the reinstatement order was set aside, related appointments/transfers and post-reinstatement acts were declared void, plaintiffs' corporate status and registers were to be restored to pre-reinstatement state,…

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) DATO SERI YAP SENG YEW 2. ) DATIN SERI GAN LI LI 1. ) EXPO ELECTRONICS SDN BHD 2. ) CEKAP ASIA SDN BHD 3. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 4. ) SYED NAGIFF BIN SYED MOKHTAR 5. ) LIM LITT 6. ) HENG JI KENG 7. ) Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)

1. ) DATO SERI YAP SENG YEW 2. ) DATIN SERI GAN LI LI 1. ) EXPO ELECTRONICS SDN BHD 2. ) CEKAP ASIA SDN BHD 3. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 4. ) SYED NAGIFF BIN SYED MOKHTAR 5. ) LIM LITT 6. ) HENG JI KENG 7. ) Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)