Keputusan saman SRC pada 24 Oktober

MAHKAMAH Tinggi Kuala Lumpur menetapkan 24 Oktober ini bagi memutuskan saman SRC International Sdn. Bhd. dan dua anak syarikatnya terhadap UMNO dan UMNO Selangor bagi menuntut sejumlah RM19.5 juta yang didakwa dipindahkan secara salah.

Dua anak syarikat itu ialah Jendela Pinggiran Sdn. Bhd. (JPSB) dan Gandingan Mentari Sdn. Bhd. (GMSB).

Hakim Datuk Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan menetapkan tarikh itu selepas mendengar penghujahan pihak-pihak selama dua hari bermula kelmarin dan berakhir semalam.

Dalam saman yang difailkan pada Mei 2021, SRC dan kedua-dua anak syarikatnya menuntut RM16 juta yang didakwa dipindahkan secara salah kepada parti politik itu dan mendakwa UMNO tidak mempunyai asas untuk menerima dana berkenaan, 10 tahun lalu.

Saman kedua pula yang difailkan secara berasingan terhadap Badan Perhubungan UMNO Selangor yang didakwa menerima RM3.5 juta secara salah pada 2015.

Pada prosiding semalam, peguam, Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican yang mewakili UMNO Selangor berhujah, tiada pertikaian yang serius berkaitan wang yang diterima oleh entiti politik itu kerana ia sememangnya merupakan derma politik.

Kelmarin, peguam UMNO, Mohamed Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman berhujah, dana berjumlah RM16 juta yang diterimanya daripada subsidiari syarikat pelaburan strategik, SRC merupakan derma dan sumbangan.

Hujah beliau, wang itu diterima dengan niat yang baik dan dana berkenaan dibelanjakan UMNO dalam aktiviti serta program bersifat tanggungjawab sosial korporat (CSR) sejajar dengan matlamat SRC dan anak syarikatnya iaitu Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd (IPSB).

Sementara itu, peguam SRC dan dua subsidiarinya, Razlan Hadri Zulkifli berhujah, tiada sebarang dokumen pada ketika itu daripada JPSB atau SRC yang menjelaskan mengenai pemindahan wang berkenaan.

 

Decision on SRC suit fixed for Oktober 24

THE Kuala Lumpur High Court here on Wednesday fixed Oct 24 for its decision in the civil suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and its two subsidiaries against Umno and Selangor Umno over the alleged receipt of RM19.5 million from the companies in 2015.

Judge Datuk Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan set the date following the conclusion of two days of oral submissions by counsel Razlan Hadri Zulkifli, who appeared for the plaintiffs SRC International, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd (GMSB), and Jendela Pinggiran Sdn Bhd (JPSB).

Appearing for the defendants were counsel Mohamed Shahrul Fazli Kamarulzaman for Umno and Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican for Umno Selangor.

“Thank you to the parties for your extensive submissions. I will deliver my decision on Oct 24 at 9 am,” the judge said.

In their claim against Umno, the plaintiffs seek the recovery of RM16 million, alleging the funds were wrongfully transferred and that the party had no lawful basis to receive them.

The second suit concerns a claim of RM3.5 million against Selangor Umno, which is likewise alleged to have received funds from the plaintiffs.

Earlier, Hasnal Rezua submitted that it is their pleaded position that the sum in question constituted a political donation.

“There is no serious doubt here about the money that came to Umno Selangor,” he said, while counsel Razlan Hadri argued that a breach of fiduciary duties had been clearly established.

“Based on the admission by former SRC International director Datuk Suboh Md Yassin (the second SRC witness) himself in signing blank cheques, and the documentary evidence presented before this court, the plaintiffs have proven the breach of trust or duties by the former directors of the plaintiffs on the balance of probabilities,’ he said.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Shahrul Fazli reiterated Umno’s position that it had received the RM16 million and maintained that the entire sum was expended on activities and programmes undertaken as part of the party’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. — Bernama

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