Ling Yang Ching and Wong Ong Hua filed a lawsuit before the High Court to challenge the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 20 of the Extradition Act yesterday.

Their lawyer, Tey Jun Ren, told judge Emelia Kaswati Mohamad Khalid that Ling and Wong filed a stay application against the lower court’s extradition proceedings, pending disposal of the lawsuit.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul told the court the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) wanted to file a formal reply to the duo’s bid to halt the extradition case.

Emelia then set Oct 22 to hear the application by Ling and Wong to stay the extradition case, and ordered the AGC to file its affidavit in reply to the businessmen’s application before Sept 29.

The court had heard arguments from the AGC and the businessmen’s lawyer earlier this year on the extradition case.

The DoJ had filed charges against them and five Chinese nationals for allegedly running a global hacking operation over at least six years to steal identities and video game technology, plant ransomware and spy on Hong Kong activists.

Ling and Wong were arrested by Bukit Aman on Sept 14, 2020 after the US government applied to extradite them.