Malaysia's Nexbis Limited has appealed the High Court ruling to halt the Border Control System (BCS) project at the Supreme Court. The High Court order came after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) appealed the civil court decision that the ACC had no authority to order the halt of the project. Following which, the ACC had made an appeal at the High Court which ordered the immediate halt of the work on the project.
Nexbis legal team member, Ismail Wisham said that the order was appealed as the project was being delayed due to the High Court failing to expedite the sentencing of the case. The next hearing of the case against ACC, is scheduled for next Wednesday at the Supreme Court.
While the High Court had ordered to halt the work of the BCS project, much of its work has been already completed. High Court had previously also ordered the halt of the project, however the Supreme Court had overruled the decision, stating that the high court judges’ bench was illegal, thus annulling the mandamus order. Hence the new order was sought on July 16 after the reconstitution of the Judges bench.
While the government spokesperson stated that there are no legal grounds upon which the BCS project can be stopped, Home Minister Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed has reiterated the order to halt the installation of the border control system (BCS) by Immigration Department through Nexbis which has been laden with allegations of corruption over its awarding. AG Azima Shakoor had earlier stressed that the government should back the ACC’s order to halt the project as it involved allegations of corruption.
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