HIGH COURT ALLOWS FITRACO NV TO REMOVE 'EYE ON MALAYSIA'

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The High Court here Monday allowed a
Belgian company, Fitraco NV, to enter the site of the 'Eye On Malaysia', a major
tourist attraction in Melaka, and relocate the ferris wheel.

Judge Anantham Kasinather, who made the ruling in chambers, also ordered
Fitraco to restore the grounds once the ferris wheel was dismantled.

According to a lawyer for Fitraco NV, Leonard Yeoh, with the decision, MST
AD Suria Sdn Bhd, which was responsible in bringing the observation wheel to
Malaysia, had to bear RM35,000 of the legal fees for the lawsuit while Eye On
Malaysia Sdn Bhd (EOM) another RM10,000.

Yeoh said Fitraco NV was at liberty to do anything with the ferris wheel,
including selling it.

Besides Yeoh, Fitraco was also represented by lawyer Cheah Soo Chuan while
lawyer Adillah Ahmad Nordin appeared for EOM and lawyer Azirizal Mohd Zaid for
MST AD Suria.

Fitraco NV, as the original owner of the Eye On Malaysia, filed the suit on
Sept 15, 2009, after the two companies failed to pay RM17 million for the rental
and freight of the ferris wheel to Malaysia in 2006.

MST Ad Suria is the company responsible for bringing the observation wheel
to Malaysia as part of the attraction for the Visit Malaysia Year 2007.

It was installed at the Taman Tasik Titiwangsa here before being transferred
to the Sungai Melaka river mouth on September 2008 and operated a month later.

Since starting its operation in southern state of Melaka, the Eye On
Malaysia is said to have recorded a revenue of about RM5 million.

The Eye On Malaysia, which became a major tourist attraction in Melaka, was
seized on Jan 7, forcing it to grind to a halt. (US$1=RM3.45)
-- BERNAMA


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