JB condo JMB gets interim injunction against China-owned developer

 

The High Court has issued a temporary injunction to stop the implementation of decisions taken at an annual general meeting of the Royal Strand & Lovell condominium held on July 2. (Facebook pic)

JOHOR BAHRU: The joint management body (JMB) of a luxury condominium which was ousted at a contentious annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday, has obtained an ex parte interim injunction from the High Court here stopping its developer from implementing decisions taken at the AGM.

Yesterday, Judicial Commissioner Wong Mee Ling issued a temporary order suspending all decisions taken at the inaugural AGM of the Royal Strand & Lovell condominium’s management corporation, which was organised by the developer, pending the disposal of an application by the JMB for an interim injunction filed on Monday.

According to the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, the court order also prohibits the developer and its agents from entering the JMB’s office with the intention of taking over management of the complex until the application is heard and disposed of.

The JMB is opposing the decision to appoint Li Jun as the chairman of the condominium’s newly established JMB on grounds of a conflict of interest. Li is a director of developer Country Garden Danga Bay Sdn Bhd.

The order was served on the developer yesterday.

The inter partes hearing of the injunction application is scheduled to take place on July 17.

The JMB was represented in court by NG Vinod and Hazirah Hashim from the law firm of Vin Sa & Ian.

FMT has reached out to Country Garden for comment.

The JMB has been embroiled with the top-tier China-owned developer over the July 2 AGM which it claimed was illegal.

It lodged a police report last week claiming that the developer had not adhered to the minimum 14-day notice period stipulated in the Strata Management Act 2013 when calling for the AGM.

“The list of owners who are eligible to vote is also not ready as the statement of accounts of the JMB is in the process of being finalised,” it said in the report.

In a response, Country Garden director Li Jun denied the JMB’s allegations, saying they were baseless as all stipulations in the Act have been complied with when calling for the AGM.

In February, FMT reported that the JMB has commenced a lawsuit against Country Garden alleging shoddy workmanship, the use of substandard materials and a range of unrectified defects in two luxury apartment buildings. The case is pending in court. - FMT