Sarawak based entrepreneur Ting Pek Khiing arrived at the bankruptcy division at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today after a warrant of arrest was issued against him.

Ting was seen meeting Kuala Lumpur High Court senior assistant registrar Nik Siti Norazlini Nik Mohamed Faiz in the chambers, without his lawyers present, pertaining to a case filed by Bumiputra Commerce Bank Bhd, against him.

Bumiputra Commerce is now CIMB Bank.

When Ting came out for a break while being helped by his aide, he told reporters that he would not be issuing any statement today and asked photographers not to take his pictures.

His lawyers also declined to talk to the press, only saying that they will go in after Ting has met the senior assistant registrar.

"If needed, Ting will issue a statement later," they said.

The proceeding is expected to take the whole day.

It was reported earlier this month that an arrest warrant was issued against Ting for his non-presence in court.

He had on June 8 said that he will comply with an order to be present in court for failing to show up the previous day.

"They want me to be there on June 29, I'll be there. I haven't received the notice but I saw it in the papers.

"If I don't come on that day, they will arrest me," said Ting.

He explained that he could not attend court on June 7 as he was busy with his development project in Langkawi and had only received the order to appear three days beforehand.

He also reportedly described the court appearance for a bankruptcy case as being "just a small matter" and claimed that certain quarters were trying to embarrass him after he announced that he was embarking on his "RM30 billion" Langkawi project.

"People are trying to embarrass me. I'm not a murderer, I'm not a criminal.

"But I will be there at the end of the month. I will not run away from them," he was further quoted as saying.

The warrant of arrest was issued under Section 28 of the Insolvency Act 1967.