Albert Tei, bekas CEO SMM didenda RM100,000 kerana hina mahkamah
Mahkamah Tinggi memutuskan kedua-duanya dengan sengaja melanggar syarat jelas dalam perintah ex parte dan perintah ad interim yang dikeluarkan mahkamah.
Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu recently fined former SMM CEO Albert Tei and company director Jontih Enggihon RM100,000 each for defaming the court. Ratanah Devi Yusof Perumal, the prosecutor, ruled that both men intentionally violated clear conditions within the ex parte and ad interim orders issued by the court. During the September 18 verdict, she stated that there was clear violation of both court orders.
The court ordered them to pay the RM100,000 fine within 14 days from the date of the verdict, or face up to 21 days in jail if they fail to comply. SMM was represented by Roger Chin, while both Jontih and Tei were represented by Jul Hamri Jumhani and Chong Kian Ming. Tei is also being investigated for several corruption charges involving two former MPs and a former right-hand political aide to the Prime Minister.
In August last year, Tei also sued SMM for falsely associating him with a conspiracy to tarnish the company's reputation and its CEO, aside from a lawsuit for document manipulation. However, on August 28, the Kota Kinabalu High Court dismissed Tei's defamation lawsuit after ruling that the controversy he raised failed to prove any malice in his claim.
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