1. ) DATO SERI YAP SENG YEW 2. ) DATIN SERI GAN LI LI v 1. ) EXPO ELECTRONICS SDN BHD 2. ) CEKAP ASIA SDN BHD 3. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 4. ) SYED NAGIFF BIN SYED MOKHTAR 5. ) LIM LITT 6. ) HENG JI KENG 7. ) Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)

wa-22ncc-591-11-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 April 2025 • WA-22NCC-591-11/2022 • 107 min read
53 cases cited (1 SG, 52 foreign)

Catchwords

Setting aside Court Order – from previous originating summons – set aside in its entirety – or Court Order be impeached – Plus setting aside appointment of the of company’s Director – Setting aside transfer of shares – Setting aside appointment of Company’s Secretary - Striking out – as an alternative if the setting aside of the Court Order is not granted. Declaration – Reinstatement as Company Secretary - that any and all actions which the directors carried out and/or shareholders and/or the company be declared null and void - as if the company had never been reinstated before. Directions from the Court – Defendant – to expunge the documents – relating to changes in company shareholding – Directions for the Defendants to reinstate the status of the company – in the CCM register.

Judges (1)

Mohd Arief Emran bin Arifin Delivered

Counsel (10)

Goik, Ramesh & Loo Firm Gunalan & Associates Firm Lim Kian Leong & Co Firm Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) Firm Goik Kenzin Counsel Defendant Nor Syairah binti Sulaiman Counsel Defendant Oh Kei Zuin Counsel Plaintiff Rehan Yogaratnam Counsel Defendant Terrence Chan Counsel Plaintiff Yeap Xi Jin Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (9)

CEKAP ASIA Sdn Bhd Defendant EXPO ELECTRONICS Sdn Bhd Defendant Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia Defendant Abu Bakar bin Ahmad Defendant Datin Seri Gan Li Li Plaintiff Dato Seri Yap Seng Yew Plaintiff Heng Ji Keng Defendant Lim Litt Defendant Syed Nagiff bin Syed Mokhtar Defendant

Statutes Cited

Companies Act
s 308(4) s 555
Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
s 555
Evidence Act
s 44
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (53)

SLR (1)
[1998] 1 SLR 374
UK (26)
[1921] 2 AC 438 [1926] AC 155 [1928] 2 KB 336 [1930] AC 298 [1945] AC 271 [1947] 2 All ER 255 [1962] AC 152 [1964] AC 1129 [1967] 2 QB 729 [1975] AC 581 [1977] AC 1 [1983] 1 AC 145 [1985] AC 97 [1991] 2 AC 93 [1996] 1 WLR 257 [2001] UKHL 29 [2002] 2 AC 1 [2007] EWCA Civ 1350 [2013] EWCA Civ 15 [2013] UKSC 46 [2014] AC 160 [2018] EWCA Civ 1330 [2019] EWCA Civ 147 [2020] AC 450 [2023] Ch 451 [2023] EWCA Civ 655
MY (26)
[1981] 1 MLJ 143 [1982] 2 MLJ 37 [1983] 2 CLJ 10 [1983] 2 MLJ 232 [1988] 1 CLJ 63 [1995] 2 MLJ 620 [1995] 3 CLJ 783 [1996] 2 CLJ 380 [1998] 2 CLJ 75 [1998] 4 MLJ 651 [1999] 4 CLJ 533 [2001] 2 CLJ 321 [2001] 4 MLJ 346 [2007] 3 MLJ 571 [2008] 2 CLJ 121 [2008] 5 CLJ 441 [2009] 1 MLJ 349 [2013] 6 MLJ 537 [2015] MLJU 2326 [2016] 3 CLJ 1 [2016] 6 MLJ 499 [2017] 5 CLJ 418 [2018] 1 MLJ 784 [2019] 1 MLJ 421 [2019] 3 CLJ 157 [2021] 9 CLJ 461

Judgment

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