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Senior counsel Datuk Dr Cyrus Das, representing Semantan Estate, said that if the court were not able to enforce its own order, then there would arise great doubt on the upholding the rule of law on the government, the country, and its citizens.

Senior Federal Counsel (SFC) Shamsul Bolhassan told a three-member bench led by Datuk Lee Swee Seng that this in accordance with Section 29(1)(b) of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 (GPA).

At the last Nov 7 sitting, Court of Appeal judge Datuk Lee Swee Seng had asked both parties to look into settling the long dispute, and, should there be none, the hearing is to proceed on Feb 20 and 21.

Teen was charged in July 2020 with bribing Malaysian officials to secure the sale of Dudley House to Mara as well as four counts of false accounting related to the sale.

The suit revolved around an alleged RM28.

Allowing a summary judgement means that the court allows a party’s application to have a judgement against another without going for a full trial.

Nine individuals are suing TH Pelita Simunjan on behalf of themselves and other owners of native customary rights (NCR) land in Simunjan, Sarawak, said TH Plantation, the plantation arm of Lembaga Tabung Haji, in a bourse filing on Tuesday.

Wisma Majujaya, based in Klang, filed the suit on May 16 last year at the Shah Alam High Court via Messrs Lim Chee Wee Partnership, where it is seeking a court order for the defendants to pay the sum of RM28.

The property is owned by Havana Bayview Sdn Bhd, of which Wong is a director and substantial shareholder.

Tan Sri Shahrir Samad filed the application on Jan 3.