The abbot and five others have filed a suit seeking to nullify a 30-year extension of a land lease in Gunung Kanthan to Associated Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn Bhd (APMC), which had obtained a court order to evict the century-old monastery.

The suit was filed at the Ipoh High Court by Chiong Sai Tin, who is also chairman of the Malaysia Dhamma Sakyamuni Monastery, and five monks.

Century-old monastery seeks to nullify company’s land lease extension