PUTRAJAYA (July 7): Company directors can be held accountable for paying Employees Provident Fund (EPF) debts incurred if a company is not named by the EPF, said the Federal Court.
Newly-retired Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim said this in a written judgment released on his last day before retirement (July 2), on a decision by the Federal Court on July 17, 2024, which had dismissed the application by four Serba Dinamik Group Bhd directors — Datuk Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah, Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib, Datuk Awang Daud Awang Putera and Tan Sri Mohd Shariff Omar — for leave (permission) to challenge a summary judgment entered against them.
The matter pertains to the non-payment of RM2.951 million against…