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KUALA LUMPUR: The United States Superior Court of Justice established today on November 5 to hear the request of businessman Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah of his lawsuit against the former managing director of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, Saidi Abang Samsudin, which will be decided by trial summary.
The lawsuit filed by 41-year-old Rayyan on February 29 is based on the assertion of his business partner that he had not paid the balance of RM9 million for the services provided to obtain the hybrid solar project involving 369 rural schools in Sarawak.
Judge Ahmad Bache also set the same date (November 5) to hear Saidi’s request that the lawsuit brought against him by Rayyan, as plaintiff, be annulled, and ordered both parties to submit their submissions on October 13.
Previously, the judge dismissed Saidi’s request, as defendant, to remove part of the paragraph from his supporting affidavit and plaintiff’s (Rayyan) affidavit in response, arguing that the issues in both affidavits deserved to be heard. together with the request for summary judgment.
The plaintiff had requested that summary judgment under Rule 14 of the 2012 Rules of the Court be delivered against the defendant.
Later, when meeting with reporters, lawyer Ravee G Uthirapathy, representing Rayyan, said that part of the paragraph that the defendant (Saidi) wanted to delete involved the letter of agreement between the two people on the solar hybrid project.
Lawyer Krishna Kumar, who represents Saidi, said the request to cancel the lawsuit was made because the defendant (Rayyan) should have sued the company, Jepak Holdings, and not his client.
In his claim statement, Rayyan stated that in early 2016, Saidi, 61, had appointed him an advisor to prepare a working paper on the solar hybrid project and obtain the project in exchange for the defendant’s promise to pay a fee. of 10 million ringgit. after the contracting of the project by the defendant.
The plaintiff claimed that on December 10, 2016, the defendant managed to get the project valued at RM1.25 billion from the Ministry of Education due to the plaintiff’s efforts.
According to him, on August 10, 2017, the defendant paid him RM1 million, but until now, the defendant had not settled the balance of RM9 million.
Therefore, the plaintiff claims the balance of RM9 million, plus damages amounting to RM20 million due to lost investment opportunities, general damages, interest and costs.
Saidi, in his defense brief presented on April 6, denied having ever appointed the plaintiff as an advisor to get the hybrid solar project and prepare a working document on it, in addition to stating that the project agreement was made between Jepak Holdings. and the ministry of education and not in a personal capacity of the accused.
Saidi also filed a counterclaim for Rayyan to immediately return the RM million he had paid.
Rayyan is a prosecution witness in the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, who faces one count of requesting RM187.5 million and two counts of receiving a RM6.5 million bribe involving the hybrid project. solar.
