The Kuala Lumpur High Court today struck out a petition by a sub-contractor for an order to wind up the main contractor of the new Shah Alam Hospital project.

Judicial commissioner Mah Weng Kwai struck out the petition when counsel for the petitioner, GM Healthcare Sdn Bhd, failed to turn up after the case was called up twice.

GM Healthcare has sought to get an order to wind up the main contractor, Sunshine Fleet Sdn Bhd, and the court was set to hear the petition today. Counsel for Sunshine Fleet were also absent.

Mah asked Intan Azlina Mazlan, who was holding a watching brief for Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd, a construction company and creditors of Sunshine Fleet, whether GM Healthcare's lawyers knew of the hearing date.

Intan Azlina replied that the lawyers should have known as they were present in court when the case came up in July.

GM Healthcare had, on April 23, filed the petition under Section 218 of the Companies Act 1965 which allows the court to wind up a company if it fails to pay its debts.

In the petition, it sought an order for the main contractor to pay GM Healthcare RM10 million, the sum allegedly owed to GM Healthcare by Sunshine Fleet.

The money was supposed to be the advance payment bond or bank guarantee placed with the Public Works Department on behalf of Sunshine Fleet for the design, construction, equipping, commissioning and maintenance of the hospital.

The 300-bed hospital was expected to be completed by June next year.

- Bernama