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                              July 9, 2020

       Kenneth Ng
       Chief Executive Officer
       Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd
       Unit 601-2
       St. George's Building
       2 Ice House Street
       Central Hong Kong

                                                        Re: Malacca Straits
Acquisition Co Ltd
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed July 6, 2020
                                                            File No. 333-239462

       Dear Mr. Ng:

              We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comments. In
       some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so
we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form S-1/A filed July 6, 2020

       General

   1.                                                   We note that the form
of warrant agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 provides that the company
                                                        agrees that any action,
proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way
                                                        to the agreement shall
be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or
                                                        the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably
                                                        submits to such
jurisdiction,    which jurisdiction shall be exclusive.    We also note that
the
                                                        company waives any
objection to such    exclusive jurisdiction.    If this provision requires
                                                        investors in this
offering to bring any such action, proceeding or claim in the courts of the
                                                        State of New York or
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
 Kenneth Ng
Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd
July 9, 2020
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      York, please disclose such provision in your registration statement, and
disclose whether
      this provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or
Exchange Act. If the
      provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange
Act, please also
      add related risk factor disclosure. If this provision does not apply to
actions arising under
      the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the provision
in the warrant
      agreement states this clearly.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       You may contact SiSi Cheng, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-5004 or Kevin
Stertzel,
Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3723 if you have questions regarding comments on
the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact Sergio Chinos, Staff Attorney,
at (202) 551-
7844 or Asia Timmons-Pierce, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3754 with any other
questions.



                                                             Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameKenneth Ng
                                                             Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameMalacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd
                                                             Office of
Manufacturing
July 9, 2020 Page 2
cc:       Stuart Neuhauser
FirstName LastName