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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): Berjaya Land Bhd's 51%-owned unit Berjaya (China) Great Mall Co Ltd (GMOC) today submitted a notice of arbitration against Beijing SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd to seek recovery of an outstanding payment of 974.07 million renminbi (RM598.97 million).

GMOC had completed the disposal of the Berjaya (China) Great Mall Recreation Centre in China to Beijing SkyOcean in December 2016 for 2.08 billion renminbi.

Under the terms of payment, the purchaser paid 1.065 billion renminbi as at the completion date and was supposed to pay the balance 1.015 billion renminbi by November 2017, which has not been remitted as at December last year.

Subsequently, GMOC sought legal advice and issued a notice of demand to Beijing SkyOcean and its guarantors to pay the outstanding amount and accrued late payment interest within three days of the notice.

The company has yet to receive the payment for the remaining adjusted cash consideration of 974.07 million renminbi.

Berjaya Land had proposed the disposal in December 2015, when the mall was still under construction to raise cash to repay borrowings, creditors, contractors and to defray taxes on sale of the mall and incidental expenses.

Berjaya Land's share price rose 0.5 sen or 1.51% to 33.5 sen for a market capitalisation of RM1.67 billion.

 

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