LEE KUANG GEN vs TAN SRI DATO SERI DR M MAHADEVAN MAHALINGAM & OTHER APPEALS

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Petitioner Advocates:Joseph Yeo ,Respondent Advocate: Sivanesan Nadarajah,Leong Pei Xin

Table of Content
1. introduction of appeals and suits (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. salient facts of the case (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
3. core issue regarding sogas (Para 15 , 16)
4. findings of the high court (Para 17 , 18 , 19)
5. court's examination of sogas (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
6. evidence of cash loans (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39)
7. interest payments and loan characterization (Para 40 , 41 , 42 , 43)
8. court's assessment of soga validity (Para 44 , 45 , 46 , 47)
9. presumption of moneylending business (Para 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52)
10. conclusion on loans under mla (Para 53 , 54 , 55 , 56)
11. monetization of gold transactions (Para 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67)
12. further sogas and their implications (Para 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 76)
13. legal definitions and implications (Para 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82)
14. judicial precedents on illegal transactions (Para 83 , 84 , 85)
15. final decision and order (Para 86)

JUDGMENT

Azizah Nawawi JCA:

Introduction

[1] There are 3 (three) appeals before us arising from two (2) separate Suits.

[2] In Civil Suit No: 22NCVC-479-09/2015 ("Suit 2015"), David Choong ("DC