High Court reinstates customer's suit against Maybank over funds allegedly siphoned after QR scan

BURSA SGX Home Fintech Make The Edge Malaysia your preferred source on Google KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The Johor Bahru High Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Maybank customer who lost nearly RM60,000 in allegedly unauthorised online transfers after scanning a third-party QR code, ruling that the dispute must proceed to a full trial.

Judicial Commissioner Noradura Hamzah ruled that the Sessions Court erred when it struck out the suit by Wong Bair Lim, 57, in November 2025.

In a 23-page written judgement dated April 2, Noradura observed that the Sessions Court judge had made her decision on alleged findings of facts that were actually in dispute, and that the matter should have gone to trial.