Shahrir seeks to strike out Synergy suit
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad has filed an application to strike out a RM100 million defamation suit filed by property developer Synergy Promenade Sdn Bhd over the Felda land issue.
Counsel Farah Shuhadah Razali, who represented Shahrir, said this yesterday after case management in the chambers of High Court deputy registrar Catherine Nicholas.
Present was counsel Priscilla Tan representing Synergy.
Farah said the application to strike out the suit was filed last week on the grounds that the plaintiff (Synergy) did not follow procedures and did not have any reason to seek compensation of RM100 million from the defendant (Shahrir).
“The plaintiff applied to strike out the defence filed by the defendant (Shahrir) and, at the same time, my client has applied to amend his statement of defence,” she said, adding that Oct 1 had been fixed for further case management.
On June 4, Synergy filed a suit against Shahrir, who was then Felda chairman, for allegedly making defamatory statements between December last year and March.
The statements were published by the media and reposted on Facebook, YouTube and news portals.
According to the statement of claims, the plaintiff alleged that the statements tarnished its reputation and affected several projects it was working on.
The company is seeking an injunction to prevent the defendant from republishing the statements as well as compensation of RM100 million, benefits, costs and other suitable relief.