“Corporate mafia” saga goes to court
Victor Chin files a writ, and the police may have to answer for it.
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A major corporate dispute over control of NexG Bhd — the sole supplier of Malaysia’s passports and national identity cards — has entered the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
Stock market operator Victor Chin Boon Long, together with two companies — Skyelimit Alliance Sdn Bhd and Trendtrove Tradin Sdn Bhd — filed a writ and statement of claim on Monday against Aminul Islam Abdul Nor and lawyer Sandraruben Neelamagham.
Chin has been a feature of the so-called corporate mafia conspiracy while Aminul is the founder of foreign workers’ management platform Bestinet and an executive director at Bursa-listed G3 Global.
The suit pursues several causes of action: unlawful means conspiracy, intimidation, fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit, and causing loss by unlawful means.
Significantly, the plaintiffs also cite duress regarding a global settlement they say they were coerced into signing on November 24, 2025.
Chin and others are seeking general, aggravated, and exemplary damages, interest, and costs.
Neither defendant has filed a response at press time. Typically defendants have 14 days from service of the writ to enter an appearance.
This article will be updated when that happens. For now, I’m going to split this into two.
The first one (today) unpacks Chin’s court filing, with an allegation namedropping the prime minister.
The follow-up will be an analysis of Chin’s latest filing against past coverage. I have been writing about this for weeks, so might as well.
Let’s break down the writ: