Ex-exec ordered to pay company nearly RM120,000 for contract, data breach
Source: Free Malaysia Today
Published on: 2025-04-24 13:30
PETALING JAYA: A former senior marketing executive was ordered by the High Court in George Town, Penang, to pay almost RM120,000 in damages to her former employer, a company involved in making computer chips, for breach of her employment contract. Justice Anand Ponnudurai said FP Stencil Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of public-listed Foundpac Group Bhd, had proven that Ng Siew Phei had violated her contract and had engaged in some unlawful interference. "The court is of the view that a sum of 18 months' salary as a global sum would be appropriate under all the circumstances," he said in his broad oral grounds of judgment to allow the company's suit. Eighteen months of Ng's salary of RM5,500 amounted to RM99,000. The court also ordered Ng to pay FP Stencil RM19,950, being the amount incurred by the company to engage a forensic IT expert. Ng, 43, was also ordered to pay the firm ...
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