Loke will respond to RM139b Malacca port lawsuit after legal notice
Transport Minister Anthony Loke (above) said he will respond to KAJ Development Sdn Bhd (KAJD)'s RM139 billion lawsuit against the cancellation of the RM43 billion Malacca Gateway integrated deep-sea port project, after receiving legal notice.
“We will respond once we receive the suit. We haven't received anything in writing,” he told reporters during the signing ceremony of Prasarana and Scomi engineering for the monorail project in Sungai Choh, Rawang.
He appeared unhappy about KAJD accusing the transport ministry of not responding to their appeal.
“How can you give a timeline to minister to reply to you? That's the first issue.”...
Transport Minister Anthony Loke (above) said he will respond to KAJ Development Sdn Bhd (KAJD)'s RM139 billion lawsuit against the cancellation of the RM43 billion Malacca Gateway integrated deep-sea port project, after receiving legal notice.
“We will respond once we receive the suit. We haven't received anything in writing,” he told reporters during the signing ceremony of Prasarana and Scomi engineering for the monorail project in Sungai Choh, Rawang.
He appeared unhappy about KAJD accusing the transport ministry of not responding to their appeal.
“How can you give a timeline to minister to reply to you? That's the first issue.”
Pressed on the reasons for the cancellation of the project, Loke reiterated that once the ministry has received the legal notice of the lawsuit, he will answer.
“We will respond once we receive the suit. Of course, there are reasons why we cancelled it. We don't simply go around cancelling. We will address that once we receive the suit.”
KAJD received a license to develop Malacca Gateway port from the previous BN federal government on March 2018, two months before the 14th general election, which led to a change of government.
The developer is also seeking a certiorari order to quash the cancellation of the licence and a mandamus order to compel Loke to give a response to the appeal within 14 days of the court order.
According to theedgemarkets.com, KAJD is seeking general damages to be assessed by the court, and special damages of RM139 billion.
The developer named the Malacca Port Authority, Loke and the Malaysian government as respondents.
According to its application, the firm said it received a letter dated Oct 5 last year informing it of the cancellation.
An appeal was filed through a letter to Loke on Nov 14, but KAJD did not receive a response.
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