JUDGMENT

Wan Muhammad Amin Wan Yahya JC:

[1] This Judgment is in respect of three applications, two of which were by the plaintiffs for an injunction to restrain arbitration proceedings in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC") bearing case number HKIAC/A20292 between the 2nd defendant and the plaintiffs ("Hong Kong Arbitration") (encls 15 and 28) and one application was by the 2nd defendant to stay all proceedings in this action pending the disposal of the Hong Kong Arbitration pursuant to s 10 of the Arbitration Act 2005 (encl 44).

[2] The reliefs sought in encls 15 and 28 are identical and the only difference is that encl 15 is the 1st plaintiff's application whereas encl 28 is the 2nd plaintiff's. The plaintiffs' reason for filing encls 15 and 28 separately and at different times was because the plaintiffs were waiting for the issuance of the reports of the Singapore Forensic Document Examiner, LGK Consultants, dated 9 March 2021 and 22 March 2021 respectively ("plaintiffs' Expert Reports"). It was only after the plaintiffs' Expert Reports were issued and the results of which were made known to the plaintiffs did the 1st plaintiff then file encl 15