PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN Alfie Gan Kong Tian

ma-29ncc-97-06-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 April 2026 • MA-29NCC-97-06/2023

Catchwords

Bankruptcy — Creditor’s petition — Substituted service — Validity of substituted service — Whether personal service impracticable — Compliance with s 6(1A) & (1B) Insolvency Act 1967 — Compliance with rr 108–110 Insolvency Rules 2017 — Practice Note No 1 of 1968 — Attempts at personal service — Whether sufficient attempts made — Service at last known address — Whether address actual residence — Whether debtor evading service — Affidavit of non-service — Sufficiency of evidential basis — Procedural irregularity — Whether defects in affidavit render proceedings nullity — O 41 r 1(5), O 1A, O 2 Rules of Court 2012 — Overriding objective — Prejudice — Whether substantial injustice shown — Effectiveness of substituted service — Whether service brought proceedings to debtor’s knowledge — Subsequent conduct of debtor — Filing of opposition — Whether challenge an afterthought — Bankruptcy proceedings — Scope of inquiry — Whether court may go behind subsisting judgment — Registered foreign judgment — REJA 1958 — Public policy — Alleged gaming debt — Whether permissible to raise — Collateral attack on judgment — Without prejudice communications — Admissibility — Whether relevant to setting aside petition — Appeal from Registrar — Judge in Chambers — Whether SAR correct — Appeal dismissed.

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Raja Segaran a/l S.krishnan Delivered

Parties (2)

RESORTS WORLD AT SENTOSA PTE LTD Judgment Creditor Alfie Gan Kong Tian Judgment Debtor

Judgment

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