JUDGMENT

Suzana Muhamad Said JC:

(Enclosures 84, 87 & 97)

Introduction

[1] The applications before this Court are:

(a) security for costs (Enclosure 84) filed by the Defendants;

(b) Appointment of the Plaintiff as administrator Pendente Lite for the estate of Kee Soon Ling (Deceased) (Enclosure 87) filed by the Plaintiff; and

(c) Appointment of one "Toh Swee Lin" from SL Toh & Co as administrator Pendente Lite for the estate of the Deceased (Enclosure 97) filed by the Defendants.

[2] This Court allows encls 84 and 97 of the Defendants but dismissed encl 87 of the Plaintiff. The reasons are as deliberated.

Brief Facts

[3] The facts of this Suit are as set out in the Plaintiff's Statement of Claim (SOC).

[4] The Deceased passed away intestate on 28 October 2022, leaving behind three (3) Beneficiaries, namely, his father Kee Jek Hee, the 1st Defendant (D1), his legal wife, Kok Siew Poh, the 2nd Defendant (D2) and his daughter, Kee Wai Mun (KWM) who is a minor represented by Lee Ying Ying, as the 3rd Defendant (D3), being the mother, guardian and trustee of KWM).

[5] The Plaintiff is the biological sister of the Deceased.

[6] The Plaintiff had filed an OS No WA-31NCVC-168-01/2023 (Suit 168) to