SSM says company profile service not suspended

PETALING JAYA: The Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) has denied that its company profile service has been suspended as reported by an online news portal.

“SSM would like to deny the claims made in the article. To set the record straight, SSM currently engages two service providers named Raffcomm Sdn Bhd and Big Dataworks Sdn Bhd to supply SSM corporate information to the public. Raffcomm Sdn Bhd provides its service via e-info portal while Big Dataworks Sdn Bhd provides its service via MyData portal,” the commission said in response to the portal’s news report.

“Company profile of all companies and business entities in Malaysia can still be purchased by the public through both service portals. It was never suspended and the public can continue to buy information freely,” it added.

The report said that a notice on the SSM website read: “Temporarily suspended until future notice – ACGS (attestation of company good standing), company watch, particulars of share capital and particulars of shareholders.”

SSM said the notice referred to in the news article was wrongly worded by one of the service providers and was published on its e-info portal, clarifying that the ACGS and company watch are actually undergoing product enhancement exercise and are expected to be available again in July 2018.

The other two products, particulars of share capital and particulars of shareholders mentioned in the notice, are new products currently available on the MyData portal which are presently being tested for final release on the e-info portal.