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- Free Malaysia Today
Developer, 6 others ordered to return RM1.13mil to JMB
The Ipoh High Court also ordered a forensic audit to be conducted after the plaintiffs were found to have proven their case on the balance of probabilities. PETALING JAYA : The High Court in Ipoh has ordered a property developer and six other defendants to refund RM1.13 million to a joint management body (JMB) after the sum was paid out for improper purposes. The developer, Haven Sdn Bhd, was also ordered to pay rental despite previously securing a 10-year rent-free concession from the JMB. Justice Abdul Wahab Mohamed said the eight plaintiffs, comprising residents and condominium owners of Haven Lakeside Residences in Tambun, had proven their case on a balance of probabilities. The eight filed the suit in 2020, claiming that the defendants had used the JMB's sinking fund to pay land amalgamation premiums and build a tennis court. About RM950,000 was paid towards the premiums, while another RM180,000 was utilised to build the tennis court. The court also found that the JMB had improperly given the developer a 10-year rent-free lease of a section of the common property, which was used to run a spa and restaurant. The six other defendants against whom judgment was entered were the joint management council (JMC), its former chairman Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas, JMC members Peter Chan and Amy Lau, the JMB, and land owner Superboom Sdn Bhd. Wahab ordered the defendants, except the JMB, to pay RM100,000 in costs to the plaintiffs. He also ordered that a forensic audit be conducted, but granted the defendants an interim stay of his ruling. Lawyer Patrick Samuel Sebastian appeared for the plaintiffs while counsel Rabinder Singh and Surindar Singh acted for the defendants.
The Star
16-05-2025
- The Star
One-armed man sentenced to five years' jail for killing homeless man
IPOH: A 54-year-old homeless man, who has right arm is amputated, has been sentenced to five years' jail by the High Court here for culpable homicide. Justice Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed ordered Chin Ling Sin, who was initially charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest on Oct 21, 2022. The prosecution had reduced the charge from Section 302 to Section 304(b), and the judge accepted the accused's guilty plea. Section 304(b) states that offenders can be jailed for up to 10 years, or fined, or both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death. The accused was initially charged with murdering Leong Chow Wah,67, between 4.50am and 5.50am in a lane behind a restaurant on Jalan Leong Sin Nam here. The accused had hit the victim using his hands, legs and a glass bottle during an altercation. In his submissions, Chin's counsel Ranjit Singh Sandhu said the deceased died as he had a heart condition and that the death was not directly caused by the accused. He said this could be ascertained in the post-mortem report, which states that the altercation between the two occurred after the deceased tried to take RM200 belonging to the accused. He said the accused is a beggar and has no permanent place of residence. "After begging during the day, the accused usually sleeps on the sidewalk along Jalan Leong Sin Nam at night. "On the night of the incident, the accused was sleeping on the sidewalk when the deceased tried to take the money. "The accused said what happened was not something he planned," he said. The case was prosecuted by DPP Yasinnisa Begam Seeni Mohtdeen.
