Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Forgery of corporate documents

Legal area

Court

5 Nov 2025

SARENS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD 1. ) CAUSEWAY IRON WORKS SDN BHD 2. ) LIM CHING SENG 3. ) JEGATHISVARAN A/L MATHEVEN

Citation

WA-22NCC-637-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-637-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Sarens failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that the five work orders were genuine; independent expert forensic analysis and the court's own comparison showed structural differences consistent with forgery, Benny Lim unequivocally denied signing, no witness saw him sign, contemporaneous conduct (police report, dismissal, notifications, litigation against the employee) corroborated forgery, and the employee had no actual or apparent authority traceable to the principal; therefore the documents are void ab initio, Sarens' contractual and damages claims fail, fraudulent trading allegati…
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

SARENS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD 1. ) CAUSEWAY IRON WORKS SDN BHD 2. ) LIM CHING SENG 3. ) JEGATHISVARAN A/L MATHEVEN

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)