New Sin Yew, one of the counsel representing the former staff, and lawyer Edwin Lim, who acted on behalf of MBI, when contacted, confirmed the matter.

New said the decision would be delivered via Zoom.

On Jan 6, the Federal Court’s five-member bench, led by Court of Appeal president Rohana Yusuf, had reserved the court’s decision after hearing submissions from parties.

Former MBI chief executive officer Faekah Hussin and former chief operating officer Rohany Talib were ordered by the Court of Appeal in 2018 to return RM1.219 million to MBI which was paid to them as compensation.

MBI had also named six other former officers as respondents in its suit but the Court of Appeal made no orders against them.

They are Arfa’eza Abdul Aziz, Mustapha Mohd Talib, Rahimah Kamarudin, Sulaiman Masri, Abdul Halim Mohamed Yusof and Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail.

However, all seven of them who were also represented by lawyer Edmund Bon Tai Soon are appealing against the Court of Appeal’s decision.

The Shah Alam High Court in 2017 had ruled that the compensation paid out to the seven was valid.

The Court of Appeal reversed the decision, ruling that the decision by the menteri besar, in his capacity as the chairman of MBI, must be with the approval of the board of directors.

MBI filed the suit in May 2015 against the seven to reclaim the money paid to them via a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) in 2014.