[1] The respondents in this appeal has filed an application for security for costs in reliance of s 44 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (CJA 1964), r 27 of the Rules of of Appeal (RCA 1995) as well as O 23 of the Rules of High 2012 (ROC 2012). The application (encl 15) sets out the prayer as well as the grounds. For convenience, we inter alia repeat the application in verbatim and it read as follows:

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SILA AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa pada 1 haribulan Jun, 2018 pukul 9 pagi/petang, atau dengan seberapa segera selepas itu yang dia boleh didengar, peguamcara bagi responden-responden yang dinamakan di atas akan mengusulkan Mahkamah supaya mahkamah membuat suatu perintah berdasarkan s 44 Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman 1964, k 27 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah Rayuan 1994 dan A 23 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012 dan untuk perintah-perintah, arahan-arahan, dan relif- relif bahawa:

1. Perayu membayar wang sebanyak RM40,000.00 atau suatu