Arul Kanda wins bid to file counterclaim for pay in 1MDB suit


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has partly allowed former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) president and chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy’s appeal to amend his statement of defence to include his counterclaim seeking outstanding salary and bonuses in response to the company’s lawsuit against him.

A three-judge panel led by Justice Datuk Azizah Nawawi allowed Arul Kanda’s appeal to amend his statement of defence to add the counterclaim, which is confined to his employment contract claim for outstanding salary and bonuses from 1MDB.

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