Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/15/2022	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Malacca Straits Acquisition Co Ltd [MLAC]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) ONE GREENWICH PLAZA	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                          ___X___ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)        _____ Other (specify below)
(Street) GREENWICH, CT 06830       (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Ordinary Shares	57927	I	AQR Global Alternative Investment Offshore Fund, L.P. (1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants	(2)	(3)	Class A Ordinary Shares	96000	$11.5	I	AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P. (1)
Warrants	(2)	(3)	Class A Ordinary Shares	104000	$11.5	I	AQR Corporate Arbitrage Master Account, L.P. (1)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	AQR Capital Management, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC. AQR Arbitrage, LLC is deemed to be controlled by AQR Capital Management, LLC. AQR Capital Management, LLC and AQR Arbitrage, LLC act as investment manager to each of AQR Global Alternative Investment Offshore Fund, L.P., AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P., and AQR Corporate Arbitrage Master Account, L.P. AQR Capital Management GP Ltd. is the general partner of AQR Global Alternative Investment Offshore Fund, L.P. AQR Principal Global Asset Allocation, LLC is the general partner of AQR Absolute Return Master Account, L.P. AQR Corporate Arbitrage GP, LLC is the general partner of AQR Corporate Arbitrage Master Account, L.P.
(2)	Each warrant becomes exercisable 30 days after the completion of the issuer's initial business combination.
(3)	The warrants expire five years after the completion of the issuer's initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Remarks: This Form 3 is being filed to solely due to the redemption of 4,188,197 shares of the Company's Class A Ordinary Shares by Company stockholders other than the Reporting Persons, after which the Reporting Persons' aggregate beneficial ownership was above 10%. The Reporting Persons have not acquired and have not sold shares of the Company's Class A common stock since being pushed over 10% due to these redemptions.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC ONE GREENWICH PLAZA GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ONE GREENWICH PLAZA GREENWICH, CT 06830		X
AQR Arbitrage LLC ONE GREENWICH PLAZA GREENWICH, CT 06830		X

Signatures
/s/ AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, /s/ Henry Parkin, Authorized Signatory		11/21/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, /s/ Henry Parkin, Authorized Signatory		11/21/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ AQR ARBITRAGE, LLC, /s/ Henry Parkin, Authorized Signatory		11/21/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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