AquaEco: Poison pen letter not from Jiuwu

domain is 263.net,” Liew said in a letter to its partners and millers seen by SunBiz.

“In the meantime, AquaEco has been given an assurance by Jiuwu that they are giving us their full support, contradicting whatever slander that is in the ‘Michael Lim’ letter.

“We are conducting an investigation into this matter and will take the necessary legal action and report this matter to the relevant authorities upon gathering sufficient evidence,” said Liew.

AquaEco emphasised that its patents are on the entire system and processes and not on the membrane filtration unit used.

“The membrane unit is a generic product that can be purchased from any membrane suppliers. The patent is on both the specification and processes,” said Liew.

The company said its patents were granted based on their inventiveness, novelty and applicability to the palm oil industry; and it has been issued with two certifications of grant of patent, with another three pending.

Last month, SunBiz reported that the Malaysian Palm Oil Board was testing the AquaEco-SRORS.

Little-known AquaEco had revealed the AquaEco-SRORS system in a press conference in November, which allows millers to address long-standing palm oil waste sludge challenges that have been a major industry problem, and a costly affair for decades.