{"id":326390,"date":"2020-07-14T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=326390"},"modified":"2020-07-14T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:15:43","slug":"corp-files-2-41m-suit-against-ipis-sister-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/corp-files-2-41m-suit-against-ipis-sister-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Corp. files $2.41M suit against IPI\u2019s sister company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A corporation has filed a $2.41-million lawsuit in federal court against a sister company of Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC for allegedly refusing to leave a property in Tanapag despite its failure to pay rent and for causing damage to the property.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_326344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326344\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Charity-Hodson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-326344\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hodson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unicorn Corp., through counsel Charity R. Hodson, is suing Forson Holdings (CNMI) LLC for removal per the Holdover Tenancy Act and for breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>Unicorn is engaged in the business of manufacturing cinder blocks and commercial space rental. <\/p>\n<p>Hodson said Forson Holdings (CNMI) LLC\u2019s sole member is Forson Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation. <\/p>\n<p>Hodson asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to issue a decree that Unicorn is entitled to immediate repossession of the affected property and to issue a writ commanding the person to whom the writ is directed to remove all persons from the property. <\/p>\n<p>The lawyer asked the court to award Unicorn $675,000 for rental due for the period of time that Forson has stayed on the property without paying rent and for the court to award her client $1 million for double rent for the period of time that Forson continues to remain in possession of the property and refuses to vacate beginning from Oct. 5, 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Hodson asked the court to award Unicorn $738,923 in general damages for the cost to repair the property.<\/p>\n<p>Unicorn also demanded an award of pre-judgment interest, attorneys\u2019 fees, and court costs.<\/p>\n<p>According Hodson in the complaint, Gab Du C. Chong, a U.S. permanent resident living in the CNMI, held a long-term leasehold interest in the Tanapag lot, which contains a warehouse; four barracks; a factory; and two two-story (six units each) apartment complexes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Chong subleased the property to Forson Holdings for a term of two years. The sublease was signed by Cai Lingli, the stated authorized representative of Forson.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 21, 2019, Mrs. Chong assigned her leasehold interest in the property to Unicorn Corp., the assignment of which included the sublease to Forson and all interest therein. Chong owns a 50% shareholder interest in Unicorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A corporation has filed a $2.41-million lawsuit in federal court against a sister company of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":326386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12497],"class_list":["post-326390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ipi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}