KUALA LUMPUR, 8 DECEMBER 2025 – The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has secured a significant victory as the High Court, on 5 December 2025, dismissed Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd.’s (Dagang Net) judicial review application, reaffirming the findings made by both MyCC and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in earlier stages of the case. This decision serves as another independent confirmation of MyCC’s 2021 infringement decision and brings renewed clarity to one of the Commission’s most closely followed cases.
The case originated from MyCC’s investigation into Dagang Net’s conduct as the government’s sole service provider for online trade facilitation services under the National Single Window (NSW). Given Dagang Net’s central and dominant role within this system, MyCC assessed that the company had abused its dominant position, infringing Section 10(1) of the Competition Act 2010 [Act 712]. The abuse stemmed from the imposition of exclusivity clauses on software providers operating within the NSW ecosystem, which had the effect of limiting their ability to work with other parties in the UCustoms system and restricting overall competition within the market. For the infringement period between October 2015 and November 2017, MyCC imposed, amongst others, a financial penalty of RM10.3 million on Dagang Net.
Dissatisfied with the decision, Dagang Net appealed to the CAT. After a thorough review, the CAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed MyCC’s findings in full, including the financial penalty imposed. Dagang Net then pursued a judicial review before the High Court in an effort to overturn the CAT’s decision.
On 5 December 2025, the High Court delivered a clear and decisive judgment. The High Court dismissed Dagang Net’s judicial review application in its entirety, upholding the CAT’s decision and confirming the validity of MyCC’s infringement decision. In addition, the High Court ordered Dagang Net to pay RM20,000 in costs. This ruling clearly reinforces the credibility and soundness of MyCC’s enforcement actions.
“The High Court’s dismissal is a powerful acknowledgement of MyCC’s continuous effort to tackle behaviours arising from abuses of dominance by enterprises that monopolise their respective markets. This case has been a fairly long journey and the outcome reinforces why our work matters in protecting the competition process. When competition is restricted, opportunities to grow are lost, innovation is stifled, and ordinary Malaysians will pay the price in the end. MyCC cannot and will not stand by when such behaviour occurs. We will continue to act with conviction and courage against any conduct that threatens healthy competition,” said Datuk Haji Iskandar Ismail, Chief Executive Officer of MyCC.