JUDGMENT

1. By consent of parties Suit No D-22NCC-560-2010, D-22NCC-561-2010, D-22NCC-562-2010, D-22NCC-563-2010, D-22NCC-564-2010, D-22NCC-565-2010, D-22NCC-566-2010, D-22NCC-567-2010 and D-22NCC-568-2010 were heard one immediately after another.

2. There was no application made under for a consolidation of the cases.

3. Counsel D. Bhaskaran and Denise Tan acted for the Plaintiff in all 9 suits and Counsel D. Paramalingam acted for all the 9 Defendants.

4. At the commencement of the trial, Counsel for the Plaintiff informed the Court that he would be calling as his first witness Chong Wai Mun (PW1), Manager of Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn Bhd in Suit No D-22NCC-560-2010. And that in order to avoid calling PW1 repeatedly in all the other suits, his evidence would be referred to and adopted as evidence on behalf of the Plaintiff in the other 8 Suits. Counsel for the Defendant agreed to this arrangement.

5. In Suit No. D-22NCC-560-2010, Counsel for the Plaintiff called Chan Kim Hing (PW2), Executive Director and Head of Operations of the Plaintiff as his next witness. The written witness statement of PW2 was erroneously marked as PW1S when it should have been marked as PW2S.

6. Chan Kim