Clear Law. Real Cases
Ong Seow Lee lent RM70,000 to a friend. The friend repaid him in Litecoin — 50 units, then worth about RM87,000. Ong accepted the crypto, then sued for cash. The Court of Appeal said a creditor who knowingly accepts cryptocurrency as repayment cannot later demand the same debt in cash.
Harjinder Singh bought a strata unit at a court auction, only to be handed a bill for nearly RM270,000 in arrears from a previous owner. The High Court ruled that auction buyers are not “successors-in-title” and cannot be forced to pay historical strata debts.
After his father died, Wong Jun Kit challenged the will. Consequently, his stepmother, a company director, slashed his salary. The Industrial Court awarded him approximately RM1 million for constructive dismissal. The Federal Court has now refused leave to appeal, bringing the five-year dispute to a close.
When K Anuradha, a widow with two children, borrowed RM44,000, she was charged 7 percent monthly interest and made to sign a sale‑and‑purchase agreement for her house. The Court of Appeal has now affirmed that the agreement was a sham to mask an illegal moneylending transaction, and ordered the house returned.
Trinity Advance Sdn Bhd sued Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd for RM9 million after its debt collection contract was terminated. The High Court found it had submitted recycled letters and photographs from previous years as proof of current work. The suit was dismissed. The court allowed Indah Water’s counterclaim, ordering Trinity Advance to pay RM806,925 instead.