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wa-22ncc-800-11-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 October 2025 • WA-22NCC-800-11/2024 • 17 min read
9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Pleadings – Striking out – Prolix pleadings – Collective allegations against multiple defendants – Failure to plead material facts – Whether statement of claim discloses reasonable cause of action – Rules of Court 2012, O 18 r 19 Torts – Fraud – Pleading – Requirement of particularity – Collective allegations – Failure to plead knowledge, intention and dishonesty – Whether pleading sustainable Torts – Misrepresentation – Reliance – Multiple plaintiffs – Failure to plead individual reliance – Whether cause of action established

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Tort Contract

Judges (2)

Muhammad Adam @ Edward bin Abdullah Delivered Muhammad Adam bin Abdullah Delivered

Counsel (7)

Asikin Ain Firah & Co. Firm Mohaji Hazury & Ismail Firm Abd Shukor bin Tokachil Counsel Defendant Filzah Huda binti Rosli Counsel Plaintiff Kimberly Ye Wanchuin Counsel Defendant Mohaji bin Selamat Counsel Plaintiff Nurul Qurratul Aini binti Md Roslan Counsel Defendant

Parties (193)

KOPERASI SAUJANA GEMILANG KUALA LUMPUR BERHAD Defendant Kerajaan Malaysia Defendant SURUHANJAYA KOPERASI MALAYSIA Defendant Abd Hadi bin Bahaudin Plaintiff Abdul Halim bin Mat Rasit Plaintiff Abdul Hamid bin Hassan Plaintiff Abdul Malek bin Ibrahim Plaintiff Abdul Qayyum Putra bin Mohd Khalil Plaintiff Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Hamed Plaintiff Abdul Wahid @ Mahfoz bin Tumin Plaintiff Abdullah bin Md Azanan Plaintiff Abhar Dawud Djuangga bin Suheiluddin Plaintiff Ahmad Fadzlan bin Ahmad Fadzlah Defendant Ahmad Faiz B Muhamad Plaintiff Ahmad Faizal bin Mohamed Yusup Defendant Ahmad Fakhari bin Ahmad Fadzlah Defendant Ahmad Falah bin Zainol Azzudin Plaintiff Ahmad Fathiri bin Ahmad Fadzlah Defendant Ahmad Fitri Mohd Redzuan Plaintiff Ahmad Nizam bin Omar Plaintiff Ahmad Rohaizad bin Yusoff Plaintiff Ahmad Sapiza bin Mamat Plaintiff Ahmad Shawalnizam bin Ahmad Kharudin Plaintiff Ahmad Tarmizi bin Yahaya Plaintiff Ainon Mahat Plaintiff Ainul Haryati binti Yahya Plaintiff Ajis bin Asfiar Plaintiff Ajman Sharif Plaintiff Amalina Aina binti Azizan Defendant Amer Mansor Plaintiff Anas Adli bin Md Nadzri Plaintiff Anas Mazlin Plaintiff Arief Affendi bin Ab Wahab Plaintiff Ariff bin Ahmad Plaintiff Arifin bin Salleh Plaintiff Asiah binti Ismail Plaintiff Asmaa' binti Abdullah Plaintiff Asmad Khan bin Omar Khan Plaintiff Aspariza binti Ahmad Suhaimi Plaintiff Azila binti Ismail Defendant Azizul Bahari bin Ismail Plaintiff Badaruddin bin Mohamed Plaintiff Che Aman bin Che Yaakub Plaintiff Che Ismail bin Ahamed Plaintiff Che Ruzilawati binti Che Kob Plaintiff Datin Hjh Siti Rokiah binti Salleh Plaintiff Elza binti Ahmad Khalili Plaintiff Faris Syahmi bin Mohd Fauzi Plaintiff Fazleeni binti Halim Plaintiff Ferdaus bin Arepin Plaintiff Firdaus bin Mat Nayan Plaintiff Hairunisak binti Mohamed Plaintiff Halim bin Mamat Plaintiff Hamdan bin Ghazali Plaintiff Hamzah bin Abdul Rahman Plaintiff Harison binti Kadri Plaintiff Haslina binti Hassan Plaintiff Haziqah binti Hamzah Plaintiff Hazri Fikri bin Zainuddin Plaintiff Hidyawaty binti Mohamad Saeh Plaintiff Hilmi binti Harun Plaintiff Intan Suraya binti Salleh Plaintiff Ismail bin Basri Plaintiff Izmirshah Khan bin Nazir Khan Plaintiff Iznor bin Mohd Salleh Plaintiff Izzudin bin Ibrahim Plaintiff Jamilah Abdullah Plaintiff Jumiyana binti Abd Halim Plaintiff Khairul Akmar bin Mohd Tahir Plaintiff Khushartini Kamarulzaman Plaintiff Madzlin binti Madzlan Plaintiff Maimunah Bte Mohd Dani Plaintiff Maimunah binti Mohamad Plaintiff Maisarah binti Yusoff Plaintiff Mariam binti Abdul Hamid Plaintiff Mas Faridah bt. Abdul Ghani Plaintiff Mashadi bin Isnainye Plaintiff Megat Nu'man Megat Harun Plaintiff Meriam bt Hj Mohd Adam Plaintiff Mimifarah binti Rahimuddin Plaintiff Mohamad Hamizan bin Abd Rahim Plaintiff Mohamad Zain bin Said Plaintiff Mohammad Rusdi bin Yacob Carlos Plaintiff Mohd Affiruddin bin Mohd Yusof Plaintiff Mohd Aiman bin Abdul Jallil Plaintiff Mohd Alwi bin Harun Plaintiff Mohd Ami Faiz bin Awang Mohd Plaintiff Mohd Ashraf bin Muslim Defendant Mohd Azwa bin Remali Plaintiff Mohd Fahmi bin Rosslan Plaintiff Mohd Fairuz bin Mohamed Isa Plaintiff Mohd Fauzi bin Omar Plaintiff Mohd Fikri bin Ab Majid Plaintiff Mohd Firdaus bin Talib Plaintiff Mohd Izwan bin Abdul Rahim Plaintiff Mohd Jani bin Sarpon Plaintiff Mohd Nasir bin Mamat Kia Plaintiff Mohd Nur Iskandar bin Abdul Latif Plaintiff Mohd Rasyid bin Mohsin Plaintiff Mohd Syahril bin Md Yusof Plaintiff Mohd Syazwan bin Mansor Plaintiff Mohd Thani bin Halim Plaintiff Mohd Yusno bin Mohd Yunos Plaintiff Mohd Yusuf Abdul Rahman Plaintiff Mohd Zahafiz bin Mohd Zaki Plaintiff Mohd Zul Ikram B Mohd Awi Plaintiff Mohd Zulhilmi bin Mat Daud Plaintiff Muhamad Azhan bin Anuar Plaintiff Muhamad Naqiuddin bin Zaidi Plaintiff Muhamad Syafiq Iqbal bin Zainal Plaintiff Muhamad Termeze bin Mat Nor Plaintiff Muhammad Adnan Lutfi bin Abdullah Defendant Muhammad Afif Mustaqim bin Mohd Fikri Plaintiff Muhammad Alif bin Asmad Khan Plaintiff Muhammad Hafiz bin Ruzlan Plaintiff Muhammad Harith bin Mohamed Rouse Plaintiff Muhammad Haziq Plaintiff Muhammad Luqman Hakim bin Zazuki Plaintiff Muhammad Mahfuz Hasif bin Zamri Plaintiff Muhammad Mahfuz Ilmam bin Zamri Plaintiff Muhammad Mahfuz Za'im bin Zamri Plaintiff Muhammad Najmi B Che Seman Plaintiff Muhammad Saifuddin bin Zabil Plaintiff Muhammad Tharmizi bin Zazuki Plaintiff Musyariman bin Sabirun Plaintiff Naimah binti Otheman Plaintiff Nash Shafika binti Suib Plaintiff Nina Nadzrina binti Nordin Plaintiff Nizam bin Mohd Ramli Plaintiff Noor Azimah binti Ali@ahmad Plaintiff Noor Azlan bin Abu Bakar Plaintiff Noor Azura binti Mohamed Ghadin Plaintiff Noor Edura binti Mat Zin Plaintiff Nor Hayati binti Yaacob Plaintiff Nor Hisham bin Zulkiflee Plaintiff Norazidah binti Mohamed Plaintiff Norazlani bin Hamadudin@imadudin Plaintiff Norfini binti Saad Plaintiff Norrabiatul Hidayah binti Jusoh Plaintiff Norwati binti Tan Defendant Nur Arifah binti Ab Malek Plaintiff Nur Azyan Athirah Bte Abdul Wahid @ Mahfoz Plaintiff Nur Husna Nabihah binti Zamri Plaintiff Nurhana binti Mohamed Zahiruddin Plaintiff Nurul Alyana binti Che Aman Plaintiff Nurul Aqilah Farhana binti Ali Zulfakar Plaintiff Nurul Farakhin binti Zahrin Plaintiff Puteri Raihanah binti Megat Nu'man Plaintiff Ridzuan Ismadi bin Ahmad Plaintiff Rizal bin Ahmad Plaintiff Rosmah binti Jumal Plaintiff Rosmah binti Mohd Ariffin Plaintiff Roziyah binti Ismail Plaintiff Rozlano bin Mohamad Tobat Plaintiff Ruslina binti Selamat Plaintiff Ruzlan bin Semail Plaintiff Saari bin Baharom Plaintiff Sabrena binti Ali Plaintiff Samuri bin Mukhayat Plaintiff Sarah Syahirah binti Sukor Plaintiff Sariza bt Ismail Plaintiff Shahrol Hizal bin Saharudin Plaintiff Sharifah Ruziha binti Syed Hamid Plaintiff Sharifuddin bin Saudi Plaintiff Sharilailiza binti Jaafar Plaintiff Siti Fasihah binti Mohd As'ari Plaintiff Siti Intan Zaleha bt Shaik Ahmed Yusoff Plaintiff Siti Menawar binti Abd Wahid Plaintiff Siti Suhadah binti Abu Mansor Plaintiff Siti Zubaidah binti Abdul Jalil Plaintiff Sufian Lim Xi Zhao bin Azlim Plaintiff Suhaila binti Selamat Plaintiff Suhailah binti Ahmad Said Plaintiff Suhailai bin Nordin Plaintiff Suriani binti Yaacob Plaintiff Suziah Ab. Hafidz Plaintiff Syahidah binti Ishak Plaintiff Syed Adnan Khan bin Syed Leyar Kath Ali Khan Plaintiff Ummu Aiman binti Mohd Thani Plaintiff Wan Afiqah binti Wan Azmi Plaintiff Wan Ahmad Fahmi bin Wan Abdullah Plaintiff Wan Ahmad Muhaimin bin Wan Yacob Plaintiff Wan Fadhlin Najwa binti Wan Shamsudin Plaintiff Wan Faizah Zakaria Plaintiff Wan Mohd Hamdan bin Wan Hussin Plaintiff Wan Mohd Sharif bin Wan Muda Plaintiff Wazien Ghazi bin Anwar @ Anding Plaintiff Zainab binti Abdullah Plaintiff Zalina binti Ahmad Plaintiff Zamsinar binti Rad Joedin Plaintiff Zuhaina binti Hasan Plaintiff Zulkefli bin Abdul Rahman Plaintiff Zunaidah binti Omar Plaintiff

Case Significance

Confirms that an allegation of fraud must be pleaded with particularity as to knowledge, intention and dishonesty, that each plaintiff in a misrepresentation claim must plead individual reliance, and that holding a statutory office does not by itself create personal liability, so that prolix collective pleadings may be struck out.

This High Court decision in the Commercial Division at Kuala Lumpur concerns applications to strike out a large group action arising from an alleged cooperative-based investment scam. The action was brought by 181 plaintiffs, all members of a cooperative, who alleged that they had been the victims of a scam founded on fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust and regulatory failure, and who sued a range of defendants including individuals said to have promoted the scheme, the cooperative itself and regulatory bodies. Two of the defendants — one pleaded as a well-known stock-market personality and remisier who had leveraged his public profile, seminars and social-media following, and another said to be connected with the cooperative's affairs — applied to strike out the writ and statement of claim under Order 18 rule 19 of the Rules of Court 2012. The Court held that the pleadings were prolix and made collective allegations against multiple defendants without pleading the material facts required to sustain the claims. In particular, an allegation of fraud must be pleaded with particularity, setting out the knowledge, intention and dishonesty relied on, which the statement of claim failed to do; and a claim in misrepresentation required each of the many plaintiffs to plead his or her own individual reliance, which had not been done. As against the defendant said to hold a statutory office, the Court observed that statutory functions do not translate into automatic personal liability, and that the statement of claim was silent on what she personally did or failed to do. Concluding that this was a plain and obvious case for striking out, the Court allowed the applications and struck out the claims against the two defendants with costs. The decision is a reminder that the seriousness of the wrong alleged does not relax the rules of pleading; on the contrary, the graver the allegation, such as fraud, the greater the need for the material facts to be set out clearly and individually against each defendant and for each claimant.

Why were the claims against the two defendants struck out?

The Court held that the pleadings were prolix and made collective allegations against multiple defendants without pleading the required material facts. Fraud was not pleaded with the necessary particularity of knowledge, intention and dishonesty, and the many plaintiffs had not pleaded their individual reliance for misrepresentation. This was a plain and obvious case for striking out under Order 18 rule 19, and the claims were struck out with costs.

Did holding a statutory office make a defendant personally liable?

No. The Court observed that statutory functions do not translate into automatic personal liability, and that the statement of claim was silent on what the defendant said to hold a statutory office had personally done or failed to do. Without pleaded particulars of a specific personal breach, the claim against her could not be sustained.

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (9)

UK (1)
[1972] 2 QB 611
MY (8)
[1988] 2 MLJ 12 [1993] 4 CLJ 7 [1994] 2 MLJ 368 [2007] 7 MLJ 525 [2012] 9 MLJ 464 [2018] MLJU 1744 [2022] 9 MLJ 41 [2025] MLJU 21

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