RM19mil losses: Businessman claims signature forged

A businessman was shocked to find that the Kuala Lumpur High Court had attested three affidavits without verifying it with him.

KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman whose company was tasked to execute the RM272 million Melaka Tram project today claimed that his signatures were forged in three affidavits submitted to court over a shares dispute, causing him to lose shares worth RM19 million.

Mrails International Sdn Bhd managing director V. Jeya Kumar said he was even more shocked to find out that the Kuala Lumpur High Court had attested the three affidavits between last year and now without verifying it with him.

Speaking to reporters after lodging a police report here over the forged signatures, Jeya Kumar said he was taken to court last year by an individual over a shares transfer dispute. He declined to name the individual.

Jeyakumar claimed he left the matter to a lawyer as he had often travelled out of the country last year.

After a while, he was told that he had lost the case and he suffered another blow when the Court of Appeal handed down a similar judgment in July.

Perusing court documents later, he found out that someone had forged his signature in an affidavit dated July 21, 2011.

“That day I was not in the country at all. As I continued reading the documents, I found out more,” he claimed.

He however did not want to speculate whether his lawyer was the one who did this.

Jeya Kumar also criticised the court for their oversight, saying that it can be equated to an injustice to him.

The businessman said he would have go to the police station for another round of statement-recording.

He also said the dispute had nothing to do with the tram project.