Choppies Enterprises Limited announced that at a duly convened meeting of the board held on 20 May 2019, the board resolved to suspend from duty the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Ramachandran Ottapathu. The suspension of Mr. Ottapathu takes effect from 22 May 2019 and will subsist until such date as the Board determines the action, if any, to be taken in implementation of the recommendations made in the investigation reports that will follow the completion of the legal and forensic investigations announced by the Company on 5 March 2019. The legal investigation is anticipated to conclude by the end of May 2019 (having extended from the end of April 2019). The forensic investigation is anticipated to conclude by the end of June 2019. Mr. Farouk Ismail, the current Deputy Chairman of the Board, will, with effect from 22 May 2019, assume the role of Interim Acting Chief Executive Officer.