Legal turbulence over private jet: Ex-SMM CEO demands RM10m
His counsel, Chin Tek Ming, said this is in response to SMM's claim that the resurfacing of a private jet photo implicating its current CEO, Natasha Sim, is linked to a legal retaliation campaign.
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