JUDGMENT

Azhahari Kamal Ramli JCA:

Introduction

[1] This is an appeal by the appellant, who is the husband (respondent in the High Court), against the decision of the learned High Court Judge (HCJ) in dismissing his application for a variation of the interim maintenance order dated 9 December 2019 in favour of the respondent/wife petitioner in the High Court.

[2] In this judgment, the appellant will be referred to as "the husband", and the respondent will be referred to as "the wife."

Background Facts

[3] Both the husband and wife were married on 3 July 1999. They are blessed with 2 children, a boy who was born on 9 August 2002 and a girl who was born on 14 December 2004.

[4] The husband is a shareholder, Director and an Executive Director of the Valiram Group, one of the largest retail empires for luxury and branded goods in South East Asia.

[5] After their marriage, both the wife and the husband lived at the husband's family home in Sentul where they resided until 2009 before moving to a condominium at a high-scale neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur.