JUDGMENT

Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah JC:

Preliminary

[1] By way of encl 151, Third Party No 5 and Third Party No 6 seek to set aside the Third Party Notice dated 4 January 2024 issued by the defendant against them, along with four other third parties.

[2] Aside from that, they are seeking to strike out the defendant's Statement of Claim issued against both of them.

[3] As alleged in encl 151, the defendant issued the Third Party Notice without obtaining leave from the court under O 16 r 1(2) of the Rules of 2012 (" ROC 2012").

An Overview Of The Case

[4] There are three plaintiffs in this case. The first plaintiff, a subsidiaryof 1Malaysia Development Berhad ("1MDB"), is engaged in strategic investments in the conventional and renewable energy sectors. It is the parent company of the second and third plaintiffs.

[5] The defendant is an existing and functioning political party.

[6] The first plaintiff's operation was funded by 1MDB via an equity capitalisation of RM1 million and a launching grant of RM20 million from the Economic Planning Unit ("EPU"). Those are not the only things. The first plaintiff obtained two loans guaranteed by the Government of Malaysia from the Retirement Fund (Inc