JUDGMENT

Lim Beng Choon J:

On 9 August 1987, the Senior Assistant Registrar of this Court ("the SAR") made absolute a garnishment order nisi against the garnishee, directing the garnishee to satisfy the judgment recovered by the judgment creditor against the judgment debtor, out of certain sums of money which were alleged to be owing or accruing from the garnishee to the judgment debtor. The garnishee was also directed to appear before the said SAR on 2 September 1987 for the purpose of settling the amount to be garnished. The garnishee, being dissatisfied with the order of the SAR, now appeals to me to set aside the said order.

In order to appreciate the issue raised in this appeal, it is necessary to give a brief summary of the events leading to this appeal. On 17 February 1987 the judgment creditor instituted an action as plantiffs under Civil Suit No. 24-17-87 of the High Court Alor Setar against the judgment debtor (the defendants in that action). In that civil suit, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants were indebted to them in the sum of RM66,937.70, being the amount owed by the plaintiffs, and particulars of the transactions had been rendered to the defendants. Despite