PETALING JAYA: Wilmar Trading Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Wilmar International Ltd, was served with a writ of summons on Thursday by Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd (PIL), a Malaysian palm oil trader, for alleged defamation and unlawful interference with PIL’s economic interests and business with regard to Wilmar’s contracts of sale of palm oil products with other parties.
PPB Group Bhd, an 18.3% associate of Wilmar, told Bursa Malaysia yesterday that the summons was issued out of jurisdiction of the High Court at Shah Alam.