<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Top Glove Corp Bhd said it does not have any links or relationship with Top Gloves Investment, which was previously flagged as a possible clone of the glove manufacturing group by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a notice on its website, the group said it also does not have any link to any investment programme or trading platform for investments.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Top Glove Sdn Bhd wishes to inform of an illegitimate entity, Top Gloves Investment, that is operating an illegal investment scheme,” it said.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On Sept 4, the SC issued a statement to warn investors of Top Gloves Investment, as the company is “carrying on regulated activity of fund management without a licence”, and that the latter misrepresented and misused the SC’s name.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Top Gloves Investment claimed on its website that it operates under Top Glove Sdn Bhd, which is seen as a possible clone of legitimate entity Top Glove Corp’s operating unit with the same name.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Top Gloves Investment claims that potential clone Top Glove Sdn Bhd is licensed by the SC as a digital investment management company.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At 12.30pm, Top Glove fell 10 sen or 2.7% to RM3.57, giving a market capitalisation of RM29.3 billion.</p></div>


Top Glove Corp Bhd said it does not have any links or relationship with Top Gloves Investment, which was previously flagged as a possible clone of the glove manufacturing group by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).

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