In Bumi GT Sdn Bhd v DIY Printing Supply Sdn Bhd, TNB sued the landlord after discovering that someone had tampered with the meter installation at the landlord’s premises, resulting in nearly RM400,000.00 in electricity charges. These charges were attributed to cryptocurrency mining.
However, unbeknownst to the landlord at the time, the actual tenant was not from DIY. Nevertheless, the landlord brought DIY into the lawsuit as a third party, seeking indemnity in the event that liability was found against him. The landlord claimed that DIY had conspired with the tenant, among other things, to obscure and suppress the tenant’s real identity and to conceal the cryptocurrency activities.
DIY applied to strike out the claim. The Court essentially held that the landlord failed to provide sufficient particulars of the alleged conspiracy and struck out the claim accordingly.
An earlier version of this case summary was published by Foong Cheng Leong on LinkedIn.
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