---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-049649"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001807594"
company_name: "Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd"
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:04:42.942848+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Malacca Straits appoints Ivan Wong as sole director; board and officers resign, company to liquidate

## Summary
- Ivan Wong appointed to Board on June 14, 2023; all other directors (Gordon Lo, Stanley Wang, Vince Ming Shu Leung, Ping He, Eugene Ty Tan) resigned effective same day.
- Gordon Lo resigned as CEO and President; Stanley Wang resigned as CFO; resignations not due to disagreements.
- Company ceasing operations, will redeem public shares and dissolve, as previously disclosed.
- Wong, as sole remaining director, will oversee wind-down and dissolution process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-049649
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001807594
- company_name: Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/ea180486-8k_malacca.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-049649.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gordon Lo resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Mr. Lo also informed the Company of his intention to resign as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ping He resigned as Director at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Gordon Lo, Stanley Wang, Vince Ming Shu Leung, Ping He and Eugene Ty Tan informed the Company of their intention to resign as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stanley Wang resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In addition, Mr. Wang informed the Company of his intention to resign as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eugene Ty Tan resigned as Director at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Gordon Lo, Stanley Wang, Vince Ming Shu Leung, Ping He and Eugene Ty Tan informed the Company of their intention to resign as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vince Ming Shu Leung resigned as Director at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Gordon Lo, Stanley Wang, Vince Ming Shu Leung, Ping He and Eugene Ty Tan informed the Company of their intention to resign as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ivan Wong was appointed as Director at Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Malacca Straits Acquisition Company Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), appointed Ivan Wong to serve as an additional member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1807594/000121390023049649/0001213900-23-049649-index.htm

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