The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry has been hit with a letter of demand seeking compensation and acknowledgement of a direct marketing company’s designs for the Malaysian pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in Japan.

The company, Current Media Group (CMG), instructed its counsel to formally issue the legal demand on July 17.

In a statement today, CMG said it decided to pursue legal action against the ministry after exhausting all informal avenues for dialogue and giving the ministry ample time to act in good faith.