"… , LANDOWNERS WHO LOST THEIR PROPERTY BY FRAUDULENT OF FORGED DOCUMENTS OR BY MISREPRESENTATIONS SHOULD NOW APPLY FOR REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS GIVEN IN THEIR CASES,"

Federal Court Should Review All Fraud Land Transfers, Says Karpal

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- The Federal Court should review all decisions of property transfers by fraudulent documents after issuing its landmark ruling in overturning a 2000 decision on the Adorna Properties vs Boonsoom Boonyanit @ Sun Yok Eng case, said lawyer Karpal Singh.

He said the Federal Court's decision on Thursday which protected original landowners from losing their lands to forgers and overruling the 2000 ruling, had far reaching implications to those who have lost their land under such circumstances.

A five-member bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi ruled that the controversial 2000 ruling in the case of Adorna Properties vs Boonsoom Boonyanit @ Sun Yok Eng, permitting fraudulent land transfer, was erroneous.

"With this development, the Federal Court should in the interests of justice, pursuant to Regulation 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995, review all decisions affected by the ruling.

"In fact, landowners who lost their property by fraudulent of forged documents or by misrepresentations should now apply for review of the decisions given in their cases," he said in a statement issued here on Saturday.