29 August 2018 – Nexgram lodges police report against Lau Tian Kit for suspected fraudulent misrepresentation, falsifying accounts, and scam under criminal investigation.
Nexgram had earlier issued a Writ of Summon and Statement of Claim (Case Ref: TA-22NCC-7-08/2018) dated 21 August 2018 respectively filed with the High Court of Kuala Trengganu claiming for the sum of RM13.0 million (Ringgit Malaysia: Thirteen Million) served on the Defendant for compensation and damages for misrepresenting the First Plaintiff to have acquired the 70% equity interest in BH from the Defendant.
BH was found to be profitable and solvent while the First Plaintiff was considering the acquisition of the equity interest in BH. With the Defendant and his late wife’s willingness to provide a profit guarantee to the First Plaintiff as a guarantee that BH is a profit making company, the First Plaintiff had acquired 70% equity interest in BH.
However, BH was unable to meet the profit guarantee of RM2,000,000-00 during the guarantee period from 1 October 2016 up to 30 September 2017, in fact, had incurred a loss of RM5,250,311.00.
In that connection, Nexgram now claiming the following from the Defendants for the misrepresentations made:-
a. Damages against the Defendant for the Sum of RM7.0 million (Ringgit Malaysia Seven Million) or such other sum as the Honourable Court thinks fit to the First Plaintiff and Second Plaintiff as compensation for refusal to provide the audited accounts and to allow access to the internal and external auditor of the First Plaintiff and Second Plaintiff which had caused damage to the First Plaintiff and Second Plaintiff;
b. Damages against the Defendant for the Sum of RM6.0 million (Ringgit Malaysia Six Million) or such other sum as the Honourable Court thinks fit to the Second Plaintiff as compensation for writing to Bursa Malaysia without the authorisation of the Board of Directors of the Second Plaintiff which had caused damage to the Second Plaintiff;
c. Equitable compensation and others.