Mokhtar Sidin JCA:

[1] We have dismissed this appeal earlier and now we give our reasons for doing so. The appellant was the defendant in the court below while the respondent was the plaintiff. I will refer to the parties as they were in the court below.

[2] The plaintiff's statement of claim, inter alia , stated:

3. Pada 24.1.2000, di atas permintaan Defendan, Plaintif telah bersetuju untuk memberikan pinjaman persahabatan kepada Defendan untuk jumlah wang sebanyak RM1,026,812.02 ("Pinjaman Persahabatan").

(On 24.1.2000, upon the Defendant's request, the Plaintiff agreed to grant a friendly loan to the Defendant in the sum of RM1,026,812.02 ("Friendly Loan")).

4. Di atas dasar persahabatan yang terjalin di antara Plaintif dan Defendan dan di atas niat untuk menolong Defendan, Plaintif telah memberikan Pinjaman Persahabatan kepada Defendan melalui cek-cek iaitu Bumiputra-Commerce Bank No. 095338 bertarikh 24.1.2000 untuk jumlah sebanyak RM343,186.86 dan Bumiputra-Commerce No. 095339 bertarikh 24.1.2000 untuk jumlah sebanyak RM683,625.16.

(Based on the friendship between the Plaintiff and the Defendant and with the intention of helping the Defendant, the Plaintiff granted the Friendly Loan to the Defendant vide cheques i.e. Bumiputra-Commerce Bank cheque No. 095338 dated 24.1.2000 for the sum of RM343,186.86 and BumiputraCommerce Bank cheque No. 095339 dated 24.1.2000 for the sum of RM683,625.16.

5. Oleh kerana ianya adalah suatu Pinjaman Persahabatan maka tiada sebarang perjanjian bertulis dibuat dan dimasuki oleh Plaintif dan Defendan.

(As it was a Friendly Loan, no written agreement was prepared and entered into between the Plaintiff and the Defendant.)

6. Pada masa materia Defendan telah memberikan representasinya kepada wakil Defendan lalu berjanji akan membuat bayaran balik ke atas Pinjaman Persahabatan apabila Plaintif meminta pembayaran balik Pinjaman Persahabatan.

(At the material time, the Defendant had represented to his agent and had promised to repay the Friendly Loan upon the Plaintiff's request for the repayment of the Friendly Loan.)

7. Memandangkan Pinjaman Persahabatan telah diberikan pada 24.1.2000 dan sehingga ke tarikh Pernyataan Tuntutan sudah hampir lebih kurang dua tahun, namun Defendan masih belum dapat membuat sebarang bayaran kepada Plaintif walaupun Plaintif telah membuat permintaan untuk pembayaran balik Pinjaman Persahabatan.

(Although the Friendly Loan was given on 24.1.2000 and almost two years had lapsed as at the date of the Statement of Claim, the Defendant has yet to make any payment to the Plaintiff although the Plaintiff had requested for the repayment of the Friendly Loan.)

8. Plaintif telah melalui beberapa surat dan secara perjumpaan dengan Defendan dan/atau wakil Defendan, meminta Defendan untuk memulakan sekurang-kurangnya secara beransur-ansur pembayaran balik Pinjaman Persahabatan.

(The Plaintiff had vide several letters to and meeting with the Defendant and/or the Defendant's agent, requested the Defendant to, at the very least, start making repayments of the Friendly Loan in instalments.)

9. Namun Defendan sehingga kini masih gagal menunjukkan sebarang usaha untuk membuat bayaran kepada Pinjaman Persahabatan.

(However, the Defendant has todate failed to show any efforts to repay the Friendly Loan.)

10. Plaintif telah melalui peguamcaranya, Tetuan Khaw & Partners menuntut daripada Defendan bayaran terhadap Pinjaman Persahabatan. Akan tetapi sehingga ke tarikh ini Defendan masih gagal, enggan dan/atau cuai untuk mematuhi notis tuntutan tersebut.

(The Plaintiff has vide his solicitors, Messrs Khaw & Partners demanded from the Defendant the repayment of the Friendly Loan. However, todate the Defendant has failed, refused and/or neglected to comply with the said notice of demand.)

11. Oleh yang demikian, Plaintif menuntut daripada Defendan:

a) Penghakiman ke atas RMl,026,812.02;

b) Faedah 8% ke atas RMl,026,812.02 dikira dari tarikh penghakiman sehingga penyelesaian penuh;

c) Kos; dan

d) Lain-lain rel