Court dismisses suit by Ghafar Baba’s ex-wife

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today dismissed a suit filed by the ex-wife of former Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba against a businessman and his wife over an alleged breach of contract involving a piece of land.

Judge Hue Siew Keng made the decision after ruling that the lawsuit by D Heryati Abdul Rahim, 55, was filed out of time.

Hue said Heryati had filed her suit last year, when she should have filed it within six years from the time that contract was allegedly breached in 2005.

“By filing the lawsuit last year, the plaintiff has filed it out of time,” she said and ordered Heryati to pay RM30,000 in costs to Lau Ban Tin and his wife, Mary Lee Siew Cheng, who were represented by lawyer Ravin Woodhull.

Speaking to reporters, Heryati’s lawyer M Moghan said his client would appeal against the court ruling.

On Feb 5, last year, Heryati filed the suit against the couple, alleging failure on their part to transfer ownership of eight hectares of land in Jelebu to her based on an agreement made on June 20, 2000.

She claimed that at the time, she was still the wife of the former deputy prime minister and co-owned shares with him in the company, Zamrudvest Sdn Bhd, which operated a franchise under “EON Dealers and Franchise”.

She claimed that around 2000, she and Ghafar decided to sell the business to the defendants for RM300,000.

The plaintiff claimed the transaction did not include sale of the land in Jelebu (owned by the company) and that ownership should have been transferred to her as soon as the individual grant was issued.

She contended that based on the official land office records, it (the land) was transferred to Lau on Feb 19, 2004, and on April 16, 2013, to Tengku Ramli Tengku Mohd Kamil.

She demanded that Lau return ownership of the land, or alternatively pay her damages amounting to RM1 million.

– BERNAMA

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