Social activist Datu Shuaib Mutalib accompanied by three others lodged a report with the MACC Sabah headquarters, Tuesday.
"Therefore, we are making this report to the MACC to investigate this case as soon as possible because the decision has been delayed from 2014 until 2018. We are concerned about intervention by politicians which will lead to decision not favourable to the smallholders and others," he said in a statement, Tuesday.
Shuaib, who is also SAPP Vice-President, said he lodged the report after information from smallholders in Lahad Datu and his village in Tungku, that there is political interference involved whereby the case previously won by Borneo Samudera Sdn Bhd is believed to have been withdrawn.
He said the political intervention can undermine the interests of Borneo Samudera Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of government-linked company Sawit Kinabalu Sdn Bhd and the smallholders involved.
"This political intervention can lead to possible elements of corruption or abuse of power by the authorities.
"Therefore we urge the MACC to investigate the said case of which we are willing to provide further information.
"We hope that the MACC will take evidence from the company Borneo Samudera, smallholders and so on related to the said case," said Shuaib, who was also a former election candidate for Tungku in 2013 General Election.
On Oct. 26, 2014, the paper reported that the Kota Kinabalu High Court ordered three people to pay damages to Borneo Samudera Sdn Bhd (BSSB) for unlawfully inducing the Bahagak Smallholders Scheme participants to breach their Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with BSSB.
Justice Chew Soo Ho in his judgement on Sept. 30 found that BSSB had proven the requisite conditions in law of inducement of breach of contract.
BSSB had claimed damages of RM557,641,716.29.
