Tajudin case: GLCs cold on Nazri's 'suggestion'
Hafiz YatimPublished: Sep 16, 2011 3:51 AM | Updated: Sep 16, 2011 11:24 PM
With two weeks to the case management before the Kuala Lumpur High Court over the suit against former MAS chairperson Tajudin Ramli, the various government linked corporations’ (GLC) taking action have yet to take up Minister Nazri Aziz's 'suggestion' to appoint the controversial Umno firm to represent them.
With two weeks to the case management before the Kuala Lumpur High Court over the suit against former MAS chairperson Tajudin Ramli, the various government linked corporations’ (GLC) taking action have yet to take up Minister Nazri Aziz's 'suggestion' to appoint the controversial Umno firm to represent them.
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Harun (right), from the firm Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, when contacted by Malaysiakini said none of the GLCs have done so.
“Honestly, none of the GLCs have officially appointed my firm. I am waiting to see if they'll choose to appoint me,” said Hafarizam.
The case has been fixed for case management before newly appointed Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif on Sept 29.
Raja Petra Kamarudin's blog Malaysia Today had claimed yesterday that MAS “was asked to sack” its present lawyer Rosli Dahlan and instead appoint Hafarizam to represent the national airlines in its suit against Tajudin.
The political blog claimed that Rosli is being sidelined because he allegedly knew too much about MAS dealings.
The apparent resolution with Tajudin (below) came to light after Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri, in letter dated Aug 8, had directed GLCs involved in suit to engage Hafarizam's firm to seek a solution to the long standing legal dispute.
Nazri at the time told Malaysiakini that the letter was merely advice and not instruction.
Subsequently the GLCs which included MAS, Telekom Malaysia, Celcom, Axiata Group Bhd, in a statement to Bursa Malaysia on Aug 16 said they had not received any proposal from Tajudin as part of the proposed ‘global settlement’ to resolve the long-standing dispute.
CIMB in another statement to Bursa denied they had received any letter from Nazri. The respective GLCs have been left in the dark over the proposed global settlement since the issue was brought up in October last year at the Court of Appeal.
This came in the wake of Tajudin's loss of his RM13 billion counter-claim and the court order for him to pay RM589 million to the various suing parties.
Hafarizam: Mere rumours
Commenting on the latest blog posting in Malaysia Today regarding the appointment of his firm, Hafarizam dismissed it as containing merely rumours.
“It remains allegations and rumours. Meanwhile, my status quo (non appointment) remains.”
Another source familiar with the case also confirmed that there has been no directive to replace the existing counsel, despite Nazri's letter.
The source said there will not be any directive until a day or two before the case comes up.
“Probably there will be some developments then or on Sept 29,”he said.
GLCs have had their board meetings last month but no decision had been taken despite Nazri's letter.
MAS’ board meeting that announced its quarterly net losses in excess of RM527 million, also decided that:
“Since the terms of settlement are still unknown and Tajudin has not made any proposal to MAS, there is nothing for the MAS board to consider;
“MAS will not reply minister's letter as it does not wish to heighten the controversy and since the minister has already said it was just advice, it would only do so upon receving further communication from the minister; and,
“Any decision on settling the cases or to change solicitors will be decided by the MAS board taking into account the views of the MoF (Ministry of Finance) as special shareholder.
Mohd
Harun (right), from the firm Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, when contacted by Malaysiakini said none of the GLCs have done so. “Honestly, none of the GLCs have officially appointed my firm. I am waiting to see if they'll choose to appoint me,” said Hafarizam.
The case has been fixed for case management before newly appointed Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif on Sept 29.
Raja Petra Kamarudin's blog Malaysia Today had claimed yesterday that MAS “was asked to sack” its present lawyer Rosli Dahlan and instead appoint Hafarizam to represent the national airlines in its suit against Tajudin.
The political blog claimed that Rosli is being sidelined because he allegedly knew too much about MAS dealings.
The apparent resolution with Tajudin (below) came to light after Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri, in letter dated Aug 8, had directed GLCs involved in suit to engage Hafarizam's firm to seek a solution to the long standing legal dispute.
Nazri at the time told Malaysiakini that the letter was merely advice and not instruction. Subsequently the GLCs which included MAS, Telekom Malaysia, Celcom, Axiata Group Bhd, in a statement to Bursa Malaysia on Aug 16 said they had not received any proposal from Tajudin as part of the proposed ‘global settlement’ to resolve the long-standing dispute.
CIMB in another statement to Bursa denied they had received any letter from Nazri. The respective GLCs have been left in the dark over the proposed global settlement since the issue was brought up in October last year at the Court of Appeal.
This came in the wake of Tajudin's loss of his RM13 billion counter-claim and the court order for him to pay RM589 million to the various suing parties.
Hafarizam: Mere rumours
Commenting on the latest blog posting in Malaysia Today regarding the appointment of his firm, Hafarizam dismissed it as containing merely rumours.
“It remains allegations and rumours. Meanwhile, my status quo (non appointment) remains.”
Another source familiar with the case also confirmed that there has been no directive to replace the existing counsel, despite Nazri's letter.The source said there will not be any directive until a day or two before the case comes up.
“Probably there will be some developments then or on Sept 29,”he said.
GLCs have had their board meetings last month but no decision had been taken despite Nazri's letter.
MAS’ board meeting that announced its quarterly net losses in excess of RM527 million, also decided that:
“Since the terms of settlement are still unknown and Tajudin has not made any proposal to MAS, there is nothing for the MAS board to consider;
“MAS will not reply minister's letter as it does not wish to heighten the controversy and since the minister has already said it was just advice, it would only do so upon receving further communication from the minister; and,
“Any decision on settling the cases or to change solicitors will be decided by the MAS board taking into account the views of the MoF (Ministry of Finance) as special shareholder.
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