Firm ordered to pay RM70mil to hospital for breach of agreement


JOHOR BARU: Kumpulan Perubatan Johor Sdn Bhd (KPJ) has been order­ed to pay RM70.486mil in damages to Hospital Penawar Sdn Bhd after it breached a joint venture agreement between the two.

The summons was filed by Hospital Penawar chairman Dr Mohd Adnan Sulaiman and managing director Azizan Sulaiman following KPJ’s decision to set up a hospital in Pasir Gudang – less than a kilometre from Hospital Penawar.

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