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Schedule A Nil In similar vein, the column for additional security documents in Schedule B of the settlement Not applicable 54. If the 2nd and 3rd Defendants are to be made liable to secure the outstanding sum and repayment thereof and the due performance by D1 of the settlement agreement, they should have been listed as additional security parties in section 7 of Schedule A of the settlement agreement. And made to sign a fresh guarantee, which should have been listed as additional security documents in Schedule B of the settlement agreement. That did not happen. 55. P relies on clause 1 of the guarantee agreement, which provides that the 2nd and 3rd Defendants shall be liable as principal debtors and borrowers and not merely as sureties . Also on clause 15 of the settlement agreement, which provides that the guarantee a continuing guarantee for all money 56. I have no quarrel with those provisions, which are fairly standard clauses that typically appear in a guarantee and indemnity agreement. Nevertheless, the fact remains that those provisions relate to the punctual payment by the Borrower of the Loan Facility and interest thereon at the rate stipulated in the Facility Agreement , as stated in clause 1 of the guarantee agreement. 57. They are not in relation to any debt owing by D1 to P outside of the facility agreement. In the matter at hand, they do not apply to the outstanding sum owing by D1 to P under the settlement agreement. 58. In the premises, I find that the guarantee agreement has been superseded by the settlement agreement. The guarantee agreement cannot be used to enforce payment of the outstanding sum against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. The 2nd and 3rd Defendants not to call any witness during the trial 59. The 2nd and 3rd Defendants did not testify at the trial. Nor did they call any witness to testify on their behalf during the trial. In view thereof, P submits that an adverse inference ought to be drawn against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants under section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950. 60. P contends that the failure of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants to adduce any oral evidence, and to subject themselves to cross - examination, is fatal to their defence. Especially since they possess direct knowledge of the material facts, in their capacities as guarantors and directors of D1. 61. Consequently, P says that its evidence is unchallenged and ought to be accepted as conclusive proof of its claim. P asserts that its case stands unrebutted and uncontradicted. I disagree. 62. The fact remains that P must first establish a prima facie case against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants, before any question of rebuttal evidence or adverse inference can arise. E it has failed to prove any enforceable cause of action against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. As discussed earlier, the 2nd and 3rd Defendants were not parties to the settlement agreement, and did not execute any fresh guarantee in relation to the outstanding sum under the settlement agreement. 63. Accordingly, the issue is not whether the 2nd and 3rd Defendants failed to call any witness. But rather to require an answer. I find that it was not. 64. In Syarikat Kemajuan Timbermine Sdn Bhd v Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan Darul Naim [2015] 3 MLJ 609 at 633 - 634, the Federal Court recognised that a defendant may submit that there is no case to answer in two situations as follows : two sets of circumstances under which a defendant may submit that he has no case to answer. In the one case there may be a submission that, has been established in law, and in the other that the evidence led for the plaintiff is so unsatisfactory or unreliable that the court should find that the burden of proof has not been discharged 65. The Federal Court observed that the burden of proof remains on the plaintiff, even where the defendant elects not to call evidence (at page 633) : the fact that the defendant led no evidence or call no witnesses did not absolve the plaintiff from discharging its burden in law 66. The Federal Court pointed out that even if a unopposed, that does not automatically mean that a case to answer has been made out (at page 634) : omatically equate to that evidence satisfying the burden of proving proving on the balance of probabilities no longer applies, or that a case to answer 67. Applying the above principles, P must still prove that the 2nd and 3rd Defendants remain liable under the guarantee agreement, notwithstanding the settlement agreement. I find that P has failed to do so. 68. In these circumstances, P has not established a prima facie case against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. The 2nd and 3rd Defendants were therefore entitled to elect not to call witnesses, and to submit that there was no case to answer. 69. P invited me to draw an adverse inference against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants under section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950 on the basis that they elected not to call any witness. I declined to do so. 70. Section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950 does not operate automatically whenever a party elects not to lead evidence. That provision is not intended to relieve a plaintiff from first proving its case. Here, P must first establish a prima facie case on a balance of probabilities, before the 2nd and 3rd Defendants can be required to answer it. 71. The Court of Appeal in Thong Foo Ching & Ors v Shigenori Ono [1998] 4 MLJ 585 addressed this point. In that case, the trial judge had invoked section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950 against the appellants because they elected not to call witnesses. The Court of Appeal found that to be erroneous (at page 601) : ere again, the learned trial judge fell into error as s 114 (g) has no relevance 72. The Court of Appeal held (at page 601) : against them as there is no procedural requirement in the Rules of the High Court 1980 case 73. The Court of Appeal explained when a defendant is required to call evidence as follows (at page 601) : a defendant need only adduce evidence where he considers balance of probability. It is then incumbent upon the defendant to rebut the 74. evidence should not be treated as suppression of evidence (at page 601): should not be taken as the withholding of unfavourable evidence under s 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 75. Applying the above principles to the present case, the 2nd and 3rd Defendants were entitled to elect not to call witnesses because P had not first established a prima facie case against them showed that the settlement agreement was entered into between P and D1 only. The 2nd and 3rd Defendants did not sign the settlement agreement. Nor did they execute any fresh guarantee in relation to the outstanding sum under the settlement agreement. 76. In light of the above evidence, this is not a case where the 2nd and 3rd Defendants withheld evidence to avoid an answer. Rather, this is a case for liability against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. 77. Accordingly, the 2nd and 3rd cannot be held against them. It should not be treated as withholding unfavourable evidence under section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950. No adverse inference ought to be drawn against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. Conclusion 78. For the reasons above, I allowed the claim against D1. I ordered D1 to pay costs of RM 50,000 to P. 79. I dismissed the claim against the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. I ordered P to pay costs of RM 25,000 to the 2nd and 3rd Defendants. Dated 25 May 2026 Quay Chew Soon Judge High Court of Kuala Lumpur (Commercial Division NCC 2) Counsels Muhammad Alfitri bin Azman and Nurun Nadhirah binti Mohd Zamri (Messrs. A. Azidin & Shahrul) for the Plaintiff Muhammad Yassir Rabani bin Ramlan (Messrs. Seow & Megat) for the Defendants Case reference 1. Pacific Sanctuary Holdings Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Ideal Prestige Sdn Bhd) v Masaland Construction Sdn Bhd [2020] 3 MLJ 692 Legislation reference 1. Moneylenders Act 1951 2. Limitation Act 1953 3. Section 114 (g) of the Evidence Act 1950