Sunshine Fleet Sdn Bhd, the main contractor for the new Shah Alam Hospital and a company owned by the Selangor sultan's sister, obtained an injunction from the High Court today to stop Bank Rakyat from releasing payment to GM Healthcare Sdn Bhd, the sub-contractor for the project.

Lee Swee SengHigh Court Judicial Commissioner Lee Swee Seng (left) granted Sunshine Fleet's application for an interim injunction to stop the bank from releasing the payment pending the disposal of a suit filed by Sunshine Fleet against GM Healthcare and Bank Rakyat.

Lee made the decision after hearing the submissions from Sunshine Fleet's lawyer Jasbeer Singh and T. Gunaseelan for GM Healthcare.

Sunshine Fleet filed the suit against GM Healthcare and the bank, claiming that the bank should pay the balance of the project money which was deposited by Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) for repayment of the project loan, to Sunshine Fleet after deducting the balance.

Counter-claim

GM Healthcare in its counter-claim against Sunshine Fleet and the bank claimed that Sunshine Fleet was interfering with the contract between the company (GM Healthcare) and the bank.

GM Healthcare said the bank, after deducting the project money from JKR for repayment of the loan, must release the balance of the money to it (GM Healthcare).

In another case, GM Healthcare had on April 23, filed a petition to wind up Sunshine Fleet, seeking for an order that the main contractor pay RM10 million to GM Healthcare, the sum allegedly owed by the company to GM Healthcare.

GM Healthcare filed the petition pursuant to Section 218 of the Companies Act 1965 which allowed the court to wind up a company if it failed to pay its debts.

- Bernama