Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Foreign plaintiffs

Legal area

Court

31 Mar 2026

1. ) ZHAO MEI'E 2. ) ZHAO YU'E 3. ) LIANG XIANHUA 4. ) QIN HUI 5. ) ZHAO YONGBIN 6. ) ZHU WU 7. ) ZHAO XIU'E 8. ) ZHAO ZHIWEI 9. ) WU CAIHUAN 10. ) WANG YONGQIANG 11. ) LIN ZHIJUN 12. ) XU HUILONG 13. ) GAO JUAN 14. ) LIN GUANQIN 15. ) LI X

Citation

WA-22NCC-781-11/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-781-11/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Transfer/consolidation dismissed because Plaintiffs failed to show the threshold under Order 4 rule 1(1) or special reason given both courts sit in same division/building and transfer would be inexpedient given 71 parties; security for costs ordered because Plaintiffs are all ordinarily resident abroad, provided no evidence of solvency or assets in jurisdiction, and would frustrate enforcement of costs; quantum adjusted to RM100,000 per successful security application as just and proportionate.
1 Apr 2022

1. ) WANG LEE FU 2. ) MARIANA CEN KIE 3. ) NG ZHI JANE 4. ) NG REN JEN 5. ) NG SWEE YUI 6. ) NG TECK CHUAN 7. ) WANG MEI SUN 8. ) POON KOON FOOK 9. ) WONG FOOK YIN 10. ) TAN CHOON LAN 11. ) JASMI BIN JALIL 12. ) LEE A BAH 13. ) PANG PEK NYO

Citation

WA-22NCC-346-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-346-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court exercised its discretion under Order 23(1) ROC and dismissed the security for costs applications because the plaintiffs demonstrated a bona fide claim with reasonably strong prima facie prospects of success based on Bank Negara blacklistings, contemporaneous news reports and evidential material, and because ordering security would be oppressive and would effectively stultify the action given the number and composition of foreign plaintiffs; foreign residence alone did not justify security.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) ZHAO MEI'E 2. ) ZHAO YU'E 3. ) LIANG XIANHUA 4. ) QIN HUI 5. ) ZHAO YONGBIN 6. ) ZHU WU 7. ) ZHAO XIU'E 8. ) ZHAO ZHIWEI 9. ) WU CAIHUAN 10. ) WANG YONGQIANG 11. ) LIN ZHIJUN 12. ) XU HUILONG 13. ) GAO JUAN 14. ) LIN GUANQIN 15. ) LI X

1. ) WANG LEE FU 2. ) MARIANA CEN KIE 3. ) NG ZHI JANE 4. ) NG REN JEN 5. ) NG SWEE YUI 6. ) NG TECK CHUAN 7. ) WANG MEI SUN 8. ) POON KOON FOOK 9. ) WONG FOOK YIN 10. ) TAN CHOON LAN 11. ) JASMI BIN JALIL 12. ) LEE A BAH 13. ) PANG PEK NYO