JUDGMENT

Faiza Tamby Chik J:

This is an appeal against the decision of the senior assistant registrar delivered on 6 August 1999, wherein the senior assistant registrar allowed the defendant/ judgment debtor's application by way of the Summons-in-Chambers dated 19 May 1999 (encl. 32), for inter alia an order to set aside the registration of a judgment which was obtained at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore in Suit No. 2028 of 1996 on 21 February 1997 which judgment was subsequently registered as a judgment of the High Court of Malaya by way of the order dated 23 April 1997.

The plaintiff/judgement creditor (the plaintiff) is a Singaporean national and a resident of the Republic of Singapore whilst the defendant/judgment debtor (the defendant) is a Malaysian national resident in Malaysia. On or about 22 October 1996, the plaintiff commenced action against the defendant in the Singapore High Court (Suit No. 2028 of 1996). A writ of summons and statement of claim (hereinafter referred to as "the said writ of summons") was issued against the defendant. The said writ of summons together with the order of the High Court of Singapore dated 23 October 1996 (by which the plaintif