Bursa Filings


Federal Court Dismissed Malaysia Competition Commission's Leave To Appeal On Its RM10 Million Fine Against Airasia Berhad

Back Oct 14, 2022

 

Type Announcement
Subject OTHERS
Description

CAPITAL A BERHAD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD) ("CAPITAL A" OR "THE COMPANY")

FEDERAL COURT DISMISSED MALAYSIA COMPETITION COMMISSION'S LEAVE TO APPEAL ON ITS RM10 MILLION FINE AGAINST AIRASIA BERHAD

Reference is made to the Company’s announcement dated 4 February 2016 in relation to the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision in favour of AirAsia Berhad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital A, against the RM10 million fine imposed by the Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”), and to the announcement dated 10 February 2022 in relation to the decision of the Federal Court dated 9 February 2022 (“Decision”) in dismissing the application by the MyCC for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision.

(Unless otherwise stated, the words and abbreviations used herein shall have the same meaning as those defined in the aforesaid announcement.)

On 13 October 2022, AirAsia Berhad received from its external legal counsel a Notice of Motion dated 12 October 2022 filed by the solicitors for MyCC to move the Federal Court to review and set aside its Decision under Rule 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995 (“Review Application”).

In the Decision, the Federal Court had dismissed MyCC’s application for leave to appeal to the Federal Court against the Court of Appeal’s decision of 27 April 2021.

With the dismissal of MyCC’s application for leave to appeal, the Court of Appeal’s decision of 27 April 2021 which overturned MyCC’s decision and the fines imposed against AirAsia Berhad for an alleged infringement of Section 4 the Competition Act 2010, still stands.

The Company firmly and verily believes that the Review Application is without merit and will review the matter with its external legal counsel to resist the same.

 

This announcement is dated 14 October 2022.




Announcement Info

Company Name CAPITAL A BERHAD
Stock Name CAPITALA
Date Announced 14 Oct 2022
Category General Announcement for PLC
Reference Number GA1-14102022-00058