[1] This is an appeal by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, the appellant (the plaintiff in the High COURT) against the decision of the learned High COURT judge given on 31 July 2013 dismissing the appellant 's application ('enclosure 35') dated 15 February 2013 to compel one Joseph Sipalan to disclose the 'sources' mentioned in the article entitled 'Chua and Tiong in Cahoots' which was published on 6 September 2009 in the Sunday Times of which Joseph Sipalan was the author.

[2] For convenience, we will refer to the parties in this judgment to the title assigned to them in the COURT below.