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problems or compla<strong>in</strong>ts with regard to <strong>the</strong> management<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> affairs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1 st Respondent.<br />

PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS IN RESPECT OF<br />

AFFAIRS AND CONDUCT OF THE 1 ST RESPONDENT<br />

24. The Petitioner as <strong>the</strong> partner who has comb<strong>in</strong>ed with <strong>the</strong><br />

2 nd Respondent <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t venture bus<strong>in</strong>ess would<br />

naturally expect a return for its efforts and <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess. So after <strong>the</strong> 1 st Respondent has consistently<br />

posted yearly losses s<strong>in</strong>ce year 2000 <strong>the</strong> Petitioner’s<br />

representatives at <strong>the</strong> board <strong>of</strong> directors meet<strong>in</strong>g on 17<br />

November 2003 raised this po<strong>in</strong>t and commented that <strong>the</strong><br />

previous management <strong>in</strong> years 1998 and 1999 had made<br />

a pr<strong>of</strong>it.<br />

25. The response <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2 nd Respondent through its corporate<br />

group chief executive <strong>of</strong>ficer, <strong>the</strong> 3 rd Respondent, that<br />

“<strong>the</strong> Company has been los<strong>in</strong>g money s<strong>in</strong>ce day one and<br />

that <strong>the</strong> old management toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> auditors<br />

misrepresented <strong>the</strong> accounts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Company to reflect<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>it mak<strong>in</strong>g position <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>itial years” was a shock to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Petitioner.<br />

26. Even more shock<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>the</strong> subsequent acts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2 nd<br />

and 3 rd Respondent <strong>in</strong> try<strong>in</strong>g to eradicate this statement<br />

from <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong>utes <strong>of</strong> board <strong>of</strong> directors meet<strong>in</strong>g by say<strong>in</strong>g<br />

that <strong>the</strong>y have no evidence <strong>of</strong> such matter and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

process even implicat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Petitioner’s Taiwan<br />

members.<br />

27. The chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> board <strong>of</strong> directors meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />

responded by say<strong>in</strong>g that what was clearly stated by her<br />

<strong>in</strong> direct answer to a director’s question should rema<strong>in</strong> as<br />

<strong>the</strong> true record <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proceed<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />

28. At this very board <strong>of</strong> directors meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>re were<br />

various o<strong>the</strong>r compla<strong>in</strong>ts brought up by <strong>the</strong> Petitioner for<br />

resolution, namely:<br />

(1) 1 st Respondent’s Stock losses <strong>of</strong> RM775,000.00;<br />

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