Bekas CEO Mara Corp gagal rayu ketepi perintah bayar RM3.4 juta

Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, the former CEO of Mara Corp, refused to evade a High Court order to pay RM3.4 million to the company. This decision comes after the court ruled that his actions in dismissing 25 employees without proper authorization and misleading the BNRC regarding four employees were not within his authority. The three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's judgment, dismissing Badlisyah's appeal due to the lack of grounds to interfere with the lower court's ruling.

Badlisyah was appointed to his position on September 8, 2020, but was dismissed from his duties on November 19 of the same year, before completing his 12-month tenure on January 12, 2021. The main issues were his dismissal of 25 employees without proper approval and providing misleading information to the BNRC about four employees.

Of the 25 employees, 12 were appointed to senior positions, which were found to be outside Badlisyah's jurisdiction. The court noted that the quick dismissal and hasty actions were not reasonable for running MARA's business with good intentions. The court also found that Badlisyah exceeded his authority by taking or extending the services of 25 employees without prior consultation from the BNRC and the managing committee.

The Court of Appeal confirmed that Badlisyah's memo was invalid as it expanded his authority, which could only be altered by the managing committee. The court also confirmed that Badlisyah provided misleading information about the status of the four employees during the BNRC meeting on November 2, 2020. Despite the employees already being employed by MARA, the court found that they had been hired by MARA even though their positions were still under consideration by the BNRC and had not received the committee's approval. Badlisyah was also ordered to pay RM50,000 in costs to Mara Corp.