Annual Report 2020
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Notes to the Financial Statements
As at 31 March 2020
kumpulan Fima Berhad
(197201000167)(11817-V)
45. Associates and activities
Details of associates are as follows:
Proportion of
ownership interest
Name of associates
2020
2019 Principal activities
%
%
Marushin Canneries (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.*
38.0
38.0
Manufacturer and sale of canned fish
Held through subsidiary:
Giesecke & Devrient Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.*
20.0
20.0
Printing and production of bank notes
* Associates audited by firms of auditors other than Ernst & Young PLT.
46. Material litigation
Hak Guna Usaha No. 01/Nunukan Utara
(a)
On 13 May 2003, the National Land Body of Indonesia (“NLB”) issued a certificate, Hak Guna Usaha (“HGU”)
providing the Company's subsidiary, PT Nunukan Jaya Lestari (“PTNJL”) a right to use a land covering a total size
of 19,974 hectares (“Total Parcel”) identifiable as No. 1/Nunukan Barat for the purposes of plantation. The HGU is
set to expire on 12 May 2038.
Notwithstanding the HGU, the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (“Minister”) vide letter dated 25
July 2016 (“Revocation Letter”) informed the PTNJL among others, of the following:
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There were administrative irregularities performed by officer(s) of the Regional Land Body of East Kalimantan
in respect of the HGU. Due to these irregularities, it was identified that 17,165 hectares (“Irregular Parcel”) of
the Total Parcel is delineated for forestry.
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A third party situated adjacent to the Total Parcel (“Third Party”) has requested to revise/amend the HGU
as there are overlaps between the Total Parcel with the Third Party’s interests on the land pursuant to their
operating permits (approximately 3,500 hectares) (“Overlapping Parcel”).
Following the above, the Minister vide the Revocation Letter has provided the following decisions:
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the HGU is revoked effectively immediately (“Revocation”);
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PTNJL to apply for a new certificate for the remaining 2,809 hectares of land located at Land Allocated for
Other Purposes (“APL”); and
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The Irregular Parcel is to be surrendered to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Forestry of Republic of
Indonesia.