Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom, Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia (Yapeim) and six others have been taken to court for alleged mismanagement of an orphans foundation.

Founding members of Yayasan Pembangunan Anak Yatim/Miskin (Foundation for the Advancement of Orphans and the Poor, or Pemangkin) Mohd Yusoff A Bakar and Ahmad Fazli Hashim today filed a RM20 million suit claiming mismanagement and a concerted effort to wind up the foundation.