(delivering judgment of the court): On 9 December 1998, the plaintiff Senwara Development Sdn Bhd (the respondent) obtained a Mareva injunction together with a mandatory injunction against the defendant Tycoon Realty Sdn Bhd (the appellant) in the High Court at Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. As is usual in applications for Mareva injunctions, the application was made ex parte. The ex parte mandatory order that was obtained in addition to the Mareva order reads:

(2) that the defendants do forthwith disclose the full value of their

assets within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court

identifying with full particulars the nature of such assets and

their whereabouts and whether the same be held in their own name

or by nominees or otherwise on their behalf and in the case of

the amount standing in each such account, such disclosure to be

verified by an affidavit to be made by its proper officer and

served on the plaintiffs solicitors within 14 days after the

service of this order upon the defendants.

On 22 December 1998, the defendant (Tycoon Realty) filed an appli