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British sports car manufacturer Lotus is countersuing its former Chief Executive Officer Dany Bahar for £2.5 million. The Turkish-born ex-boss of the Norfolk carmaker has already brought a case against Lotus’ Malaysian parent company DRB-Hicom, requesting £6.7 million compensation for his alleged wrongful dismissal and loss of earnings. Read the full report here. Do read ' Of Proton Lotus and Dany Bahar ', ' Dany Bahar fired ' and ' Dany Bahar sues DRB Hicom '. Meanwhile, Proton Holdings has stressed that its loss-making subsidiary is not for sale as published in today's NST .  HD says : It just gets interesting...

Article below was published in UK's The Telegraph . Former Lotus boss Dany Bahar seeks £6.7m (RM32 million) for unfair dismissal Dany Bahar, the former chief executive of Group Lotus who was fired in June, has filed a £6.7m (RM32 million) law suit against the owner of the sports car manufacturer for unfair dismissal.  By Louise Armitstead , Chief Business Correspondent DRB Hicom, the Malaysian company that owns the loss-making British sports and racing car maker, said in a stockmarket filing in Kuala Lumpur that it had received the legal filing last week - and would “vigorously” defend it. “Dany Bahar was dismissed after an investigation into his stewardship of Lotus,” DRB said in the statement. “We believe we have acted properly at all times.”  The statement added: “DRB-Hicom and Lotus will vigorously oppose and/or defend the claim by Bahar, including filing counter-claims against Bahar.”  Mr Bahar, 40, who formerly ...