The Star
by NELSON BENJAMIN
Sources said the dropout, in his 20s, even tried to get bank officials to transfer the money from the two companies to his personal account in Bayan Lepas in Penang.
This prompted bank officials to call the police and check with the court officials when they realised something amiss about the order.
The senior court official then lodged a police report alleging that her signature had been forged to issue the said judgment.
Police have started investigations into the case for attempted cheating.
Initial investigation showed that the dropout had claimed that the money was actually investments he had made with the companies and he filed the summons to get back his funds after the companies refused to pay him.
Police are still checking to ascertain how the dropout managed to prepare the fake judgment.
A court official confirmed that a report had been lodged with the police and added that this was the first time such a case had occurred here.
Sources said that police, who picked up the dropout, released him on bail after a magistrate refused to remand the suspect.
by NELSON BENJAMIN
JOHOR BARU: Police are probing a “mysterious” High Court judgment that ordered two companies to pay RM400,000 to a law school dropout even before the case has been set for hearing.
The judgment, believed to be fake, was said to have been obtained after a senior High Court Registrar’s signature was forged.
The matter came to light after a court official discovered that an originating summons, filed by the dropout against an investment company and a golf resort for RM400,000, had been given a judgment in favour of the plaintiff recently.
The court official then carried out checks and discovered the registrar’s signature had been falsified and the decision had been given within 24 hours of the originating summons being filed.
The judgment, believed to be fake, was said to have been obtained after a senior High Court Registrar’s signature was forged.
The matter came to light after a court official discovered that an originating summons, filed by the dropout against an investment company and a golf resort for RM400,000, had been given a judgment in favour of the plaintiff recently.
The court official then carried out checks and discovered the registrar’s signature had been falsified and the decision had been given within 24 hours of the originating summons being filed.
Sources said the dropout, in his 20s, even tried to get bank officials to transfer the money from the two companies to his personal account in Bayan Lepas in Penang.
This prompted bank officials to call the police and check with the court officials when they realised something amiss about the order.
The senior court official then lodged a police report alleging that her signature had been forged to issue the said judgment.
Police have started investigations into the case for attempted cheating.
Initial investigation showed that the dropout had claimed that the money was actually investments he had made with the companies and he filed the summons to get back his funds after the companies refused to pay him.
Police are still checking to ascertain how the dropout managed to prepare the fake judgment.
A court official confirmed that a report had been lodged with the police and added that this was the first time such a case had occurred here.
Sources said that police, who picked up the dropout, released him on bail after a magistrate refused to remand the suspect.
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