wa-22ncc-384-06-2025 — A ONE PILING SDN BHD v 1. ) BLUE SEAL (M) SDN BHD 2. ) ASTEO (M) SDN BHD 3. ) CHIA HEONG LIN 4. ) CHEAH CHEE MENG 5. ) LYE SAM YUT 6. ) ONG KIM HAI 7. ) LIM FUI MOON 8. ) MOHAMMAD AIZAM BIN ABDULLAH 9. ) YAP KUI LAI 10. ) LEE YEONG SHENG 11. ) JASSIRIN BIN JONIS 12. ) ONG HUI MEI

Outcome

For the reasons above, I dismissed Enclosure 3. I awarded costs of RM 15,000 to D1 and the 2nd Defendant respectively.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-22ncc-384-06-2025). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Injunction to restrain dealing with 1st and 2nd defendants assets – Plaintiff obtained judgment against 1st Defendant in a previous suit – 1st Defendant failed to pay judgment debt – In this suit, plaintiff sues the defendants for fraudulent trading under section 540(1) of the Companies Act 2016 – Whether 2nd Defendant was incorporated to fraudulently assume the business operations of 1st Defendant – Plaintiff applied for a post-judgment Mareva injunction in the earlier suit in aid of the execution of the judgment debt - The post-judgment Mareva injunction application was dismissed by the court – Whether this injunction application is an abuse of court process as a wrongful collateral attack on the earlier order which dismissed the post-judgment Mareva injunction application– Whether damages are an adequate remedy

Practice Areas

Company Law Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Quay Chew Soon Delivered

Counsel (9)

Chan Leong & Co. Firm Kamil Hashim Raj & Lim Firm Lee Y C & Co. Firm Dhanaraj Vasudevan Counsel Plaintiff K. Sureindhren Counsel Defendant Lee Chan Leong Counsel Defendant Lee Yeok Choo Counsel Defendant Malar Loganathan Counsel Plaintiff N. Chandran Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (13)

A ONE PILING Sdn Bhd Plaintiff ASTEO Sdn Bhd Defendant BLUE SEAL Sdn Bhd Defendant Cheah Chee Meng Defendant Chia Heong Lin Defendant Jassirin bin Jonis Defendant Lee Yeong Sheng Defendant Lim Fui Moon Defendant Lye Sam Yut Defendant Mohammad Aizam bin Abdullah Defendant Ong Hui Mei Defendant Ong Kim Hai Defendant Yap Kui Lai Defendant

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (12)

UK (1)

[1984] 3 All ER 140

MY (11)

[1982] 2 MLJ 162 [1990] 2 MLJ 408 [1993] 2 MLJ 217 [1996] 1 MLJ 761 [1997] 2 MLJ 105 [2000] 3 MLJ 401 [2017] 1 MLJ 689 [2020] 1 MLJ 689 [2022] 6 MLJ 698 [2023] MLJU 474 [2025] MLJU 1935