Edgar Joseph Jr J:

These were two applications to strike out a writ of summons and statement of claim pursuant to O. 18 r. 19, of the Rules of the High Court 1980, as disclosing no reasonable cause of action, as being scandalous, frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the process of the Court and, alternatively, for dissolution of certain ex parte interlocutory injunctions.

The applications arose out of a suit by the plaintiff, a registered trade union, established in 1963, whose objects were and are to secure the organisation and promotion of the welfare of workers employed in companies manufacturing non-metallic mineral products including structural clay products. The plaintiff cited four defendants in the suit; being, the Director General of Trade Unions, the first defendant, Franklin Porcelain Sdn. Berhad and Franklin Mint Porcelain Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd., the second and the third defendants, respectively, who have two factories at Kulim Industrial Estate, Kulim Kedah, are said to employ more than 3000 workers and produce porcelain ceramic products, and Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Kumpulan Syarikat Franklin Porcelain, the fourth defendant, an inhouse union.

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