BHIC denies allegations in legal suit

KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) says it denies the claims made in a legal suit by the main contractors of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) project, which includes among other things, a claim that the 12 letters of award pertaining to the project remain valid.

In an Oct 4 filing with Bursa Malaysia, BHIC said solicitors representing Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd (CAD) and Contraves Electrodynamics Sdn Bhd (CED) have filed a writ of summons and statement of claim (WSSC) against the company, its wholly-owned subsidiary BHIC Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (BHICDT), its associate Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) as well as two nominee directors in CAD and CED.