KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor today shrugged off a court injunction against him, claiming that the developer suing him and two others were unable to “perform” its part in a planned project to redevelop a piece of land here.

Speaking to reporters here, Tengku Adnan said he believes that private developer Damai Kiaramas Sdn Bhd had filed the injunction against him in his role as the chairman of the Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP) over a joint-venture partnership.

“Basically these people could not perform, so when they could not perform, the board decided to do a joint-venture between (Yayasan) Wilayah Persekutuan and another company, so they can (file an) injunction (against) me, that’s not a matter,” the Federal Territories Minister said.

This morning, Kuala Lumpur High Court Judicial Commissioner Kamaludin Md Said granted the injunction against Tengku Adnan, YWP and developer Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd, to stop them from doing anything to disrupt the joint-venture with Damai Kiaramas.

Last Friday, Damai Kiaramas filed a lawsuit against the three over a project to redevelop a land in the Taman Tun Dr Ismail area.

In its statement of claim sighted by The Malay Mail Online, it said that it had put in effort and drawn up the project’s plans and entered into talks with YWP to jointly develop the land.

But after it had finalised the terms of the agreement with YWP, Tengku Adnan and the foundation repeatedly revised the terms and at one point sent a termination notice of the joint-venture, it claimed.

Damai Kiaramas is now seeking a court declaration that the joint venture agreement between it and YWP was formed on September 17 and remains valid.

It also wants the court to declare YWP’s termination of the joint-venture as invalid and to compel the foundation to carry on with the partnership as agreed.

It is also demanding an order to render any agreement between the foundation and developer Memang Perkasa over the land as invalid.

It claimed that Memang Perkasa had offered alternative proposals to induce the foundation to go back on its joint venture agreement, despite Damai Kiaramas having done all the initial work for the project.

The company now wants Tengku Adnan and Memang Perkasa to pay compensation and general damages for all the costs it had borne since 2008 when it first mooted the project.

Damai Kiaramas was set up in early 2009 to provide a long-term solution for the former estate workers living on the land after their estate was closed down 32 years ago.

The former estate workers had worked on an estate that was developed into the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC) and were resettled into longhouses on the land as a temporary measure.

Damai Kiaramas then drew up plans for a mixed development on the land, including a planned low-cost flat to house the former estate workers.