PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN RESORTS WORLD AT SENTOSA PTE LTD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN LEE FOOK KHEUN

aa-29ncc-424-12-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 April 2026 • AA-29NCC-424-12/2021 • 26 min read

29 cases cited (1 SG, 28 foreign)

Catchwords

INSOLVENCY LAW: Bankruptcy – Creditor's petition founded on foreign judgment registered under Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958 – Whether Bankruptcy Court may go behind registered judgment – Gambling-related credit facility – Composite gambling contract – Whether credit facility merely a guise to circumvent statutory prohibition – Sections 26 Civil Law Act 1956 and 31 Contracts Act 1950 – Public policy against enforcement of gambling debts – Doctrine of issue estoppel – Effect of subsequent Federal Court decision in Dato' Ting Ching Lee v Ting Siu Hua – Retrospective application of binding precedent – Whether registered judgment transforms void obligation into enforceable debt – Public policy overriding procedural finality – No order as to costs despite succeeding.

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (8)

Leong & Tan Firm Skrine Firm Chan Kok Keong Counsel Appellant Farhan Sapian Counsel Appellant Jasmine Kuan Jie Min Counsel Respondent Jason Tiew Counsel Appellant Leong Cheok Keng Counsel Appellant Natasha Neena Yau Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

RESORTS WORLD AT SENTOSA PTE LTD Judgment Creditor Lee Fook Kheun Judgment Debtor

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956

s 26 s 26(1)

Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)

s 24 s 24(e) s 31(1)

Courts of Judicature Act 1964

s 96

Cases Cited (29)

SLR (1)

[2002] 2 SLR 22

UK (3)

[1835] UKHL 2 [1892] 2 QB 633 [1904] 1 KB 572

MY (25)

[1972] 1 MLRH 539 [1973] 1 MLJ 210 [1987] MLRA 326 [1988] 1 CLJ 155 [1988] 1 MLJ 304 [1989] 3 MLRH 721 [1990] 3 MLJ 248 [2000] 5 MLRH 341 [2000] MLJU 760 [2005] 1 MLRH 450 [2005] 3 CLJ 390 [2005] 3 MLRH 846 [2005] 6 MLJ 760 [2005] MLJU 534 [2006] 5 CLJ 277 [2007] 4 MLRH 100 [2007] 7 MLJ 228 [2016] MLJU 365 [2017] 4 MLJ 697 [2017] 5 CLJ 418 [2018] 9 MLJ 693 [2019] MLJU 2003 [2023] MLJU 3345 [2025] 4 CLJ 1 [2025] MLJU 497

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