SC Malaysia wins appeal to enforce RM5.83m insider-trading recovery
Insider-trading defendants face garnishee recovery after unpaid SC Malaysia judgment
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The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed SC Malaysia’s appeal and made a garnishee order absolute against two insider-trading defendants.
Why it matters
The order allows SC Malaysia to proceed with recovery of a RM5.83 million judgment sum arising from insider-trading breaches. The decision reinforces that civil-enforcement judgments can move into garnishee recovery when defendants fail to pay after stay applications are dismissed.
Implications
- — Defendants with unpaid SC Malaysia civil-enforcement judgments face garnishee recovery — the High Court made the garnishee order absolute after payment demands were not met.
- — Listed-company insiders and directors must treat insider-trading civil penalties as enforceable recovery exposure — the judgment sum covers disgorgement, civil penalties and costs.
- — Capital-markets compliance teams must treat material non-public information controls as director-level enforcement exposure — the underlying liability arose from communication and trading in WCT shares while in possession of contract-cancellation information.
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