SHAH ALAM: The High Court here threw out a defamation suit by a real estate developer against a financial adviser, who claimed the company was a scam.
High Court judge Justice Azimah Omar ruled that Alfafa Development and Construction Sdn Bhd failed to prove any reasonable cause of action against the defendant Afyan Mat Rawi.
She struck out the suit and ordered Alfafa and its director Norsham Abd Aziz to pay Afyan RM10,000 in costs.
The suit had come about over a Facebook post that showed a conversation between Afyan and a person claiming to be a bank staff who had access to account information belonging to a company named Alfafa Bhd.
When approached after the case, Afyan said he was glad the court’s decision was in his favour after a two-year legal tussle.
Lawyer Rahman Othman, who represented Norsham and Alfafa, said she had not received instruction on whether her client would appeal.
The Alfafa Group ran a variety of business, primarily selling bungalows for as low as RM99,000, as well as gold investment schemes, satay franchises and umrah packages.
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