By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : The Kuala Lumpur High Court has restrained prominent ethnic Indian leader Samy Vellu from registering more members into a business organisation whose working is under dispute.
The court issued an injunction against former Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Vellu, restraining him from registering Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED) members ahead of an extraordinary general meeting (EGM).
Vellu, who stepped down as MIC chief after 30 years but retains interest in its business ventures, is currently Malaysia’s special envoy to India and other South Asian nations.
High court judge Mohammed Ariff Mohd Yussof granted the injunction filed by former MIC deputy president S. Subramaniam, former MIC Youth chief S.A. Vigneswaran and former Kedah state legislator S. Ganesan.
The three sought an injunction on the grounds that Vellu wanted to increase his support ahead of the meeting, which is scheduled to be held either at the end of the month or early next month.
“It is learnt that the EGM was seeking to pass a resolution to oust Samy Vellu and T. Marimuthu from the board of trustees,” New Straits Times said Tuesday.
The injunction was the latest in an ongoing saga that saw Vellu named as one of the defendants in the RM100 million ($33 million) suit by MIED against nine of its trustees for misappropriation, the newspaper said.