The warrant of arrest was issued by a magistrates’ court in Johor Bahru on Dec 2 last year, after she allegedly failed to comply with a summons issued by the anti-graft body to have her statement recorded.

Today, Justice Amarjeet Singh granted Ling leave to bring judicial review proceedings in a bid to have the arrest warrant quashed.

She also wants the court to declare that MACC has no power to require the immigration department to prohibit her from leaving Malaysia.

Ling is seeking more than S$20,000 in damages.

Case management is fixed on June 3.

Ling met MACC at Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau last year and had her initial statement recorded.

She was then summoned to MACC’s office in Johor Bahru to have a further statement taken from her.

However, she did not attend as required, saying she feared for her safety and claiming that her estranged husband, Thomas Hah, was using MACC to pressure her.

In her application, Ling asked the court to set aside the arrest warrant, claiming it had been wrongly procured by MACC.

Ling was represented by lawyers Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Surendra Ananth while senior federal counsel Faisal Noor appeared for the government.

She was reported missing on April 9, while on her way to MACC’s headquarters to give a statement related to an ongoing investigation.

MACC opened a probe into Ling and Hah in May last year for alleged corruption and money laundering offences.