There has not been any sign of a settlement offer from Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, the son of Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, to his divorced wife despite the court deadline has expired two weeks ago.
It is learnt that Mahmud Abu Bekir's lawyers have yet to submit an expected multi-million ringgit settlement proposal to Shahnaz A Majid, the sister of jazz queen Sheila Majid.
This is despite Mahmud Abu Bekir (left in photo) having been given two weeks from March 13 to propose a settlement. This was further extended for another two weeks which ended on April 13, following a written application by Abu Bekir's lawyers
Shahnaz's counsel Rafie Mohd Shafie confirmed, when contacted by Malaysiakini, that there has not been any offer so far.
"If there is nothing forthcoming we will go for trial and we are prepared for that. The other side thinks we do not know his assets, but we know," he said.
It is learnt that Mahmud Abu Bekir's lawyers have yet to submit an expected multi-million ringgit settlement proposal to Shahnaz A Majid, the sister of jazz queen Sheila Majid.
This is despite Mahmud Abu Bekir (left in photo) having been given two weeks from March 13 to propose a settlement. This was further extended for another two weeks which ended on April 13, following a written application by Abu Bekir's lawyersShahnaz's counsel Rafie Mohd Shafie confirmed, when contacted by Malaysiakini, that there has not been any offer so far.
"If there is nothing forthcoming we will go for trial and we are prepared for that. The other side thinks we do not know his assets, but we know," he said.
The trial has the potential of revealing the real wealth of the Taibs, widely considered as Sarawak's 'first family'.
Besides Rafie, lawyer Akbardin Abdul Kader, who is the solicitor for Shahnaz, also confirmed there was no settlement offer before them.
Mahmud Abu Bekir is represented by Saadiah Din and Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar. They had written to Shahnaz's lawyers asking for a two-week extension as the March 27 deadline had elapsed.
The second deadline ended on 11 days ago without any word - either verbally or written - from Mahmud Abu Bekir's lawyers.
Despite this, Akbardin indicated that their client is still hopeful there would be a proposal from Mahmud Abu Bekir.
Syariah High Court justice Mohamad Abdullah had postponed the hearing of case to May 23, pending outcome of the settlement offer.
Claims worth RM400 million
Shahnaz is claiming RM100 million in gift and another RM300 million in joint matrimonial assets to resolve the dispute.
She married Mahmud Abu Bekir on Jan 9, 1992, and the couple have an 18-year-old son.
Mahmud Abu Bekir is represented by Saadiah Din and Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar. They had written to Shahnaz's lawyers asking for a two-week extension as the March 27 deadline had elapsed.
The second deadline ended on 11 days ago without any word - either verbally or written - from Mahmud Abu Bekir's lawyers.
Despite this, Akbardin indicated that their client is still hopeful there would be a proposal from Mahmud Abu Bekir.
Syariah High Court justice Mohamad Abdullah had postponed the hearing of case to May 23, pending outcome of the settlement offer.
Claims worth RM400 million
Shahnaz is claiming RM100 million in gift and another RM300 million in joint matrimonial assets to resolve the dispute.
She married Mahmud Abu Bekir on Jan 9, 1992, and the couple have an 18-year-old son.
Shahnaz (left) gave a teary testimonylast month when she described how she had to undergo physical and mental abuse by Mahmud Abu Bekir.She also described how her former husband would often leave home, and had brought another woman to her sister-in-law's wedding.
She also told the Syariah High Court that she had related the matter to her then father-in-law, Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib, and her husband's younger brother, but no action was taken by them.
Shahnaz also told the court she did not lodge a police report or a medical report over the abuses so as not to affect her former husband's standing.
The couple were divorced on May 11 last year after Mahmud Abu Bekir pronounced the talak (declaration of divorce) following their separate applications for divorce.
Mahmud Abu Bekir also has another wife, a Russian divorcee.
Why are you so forgiving & relenting? Have they- PBB, BN got a trace of the people’s interest at heart? NO! It’s endless tricks, acrobatics & deception to stay in power. Not after 55 years of BN & UMNO! It must now be zero tolerance & striking back with the greatest force. If you research globally & think thoroughly: Politicians are the roots of all the problems in the world: pillage & plunder; cronies; in-equality of races & incomes; apartheid; hardship & grief turning to crime & tragedy; trillions of $$$ wasted worldwide on corruption, thefts, land-grabs, resource-grabs, amassing of projects, money outflow & laundering, white elephants & kickbacks; abuses, mismanagements, misuses, crime-fighting, strife, riots, wars. In the end, to cling to power & luxury, they will kill. Look at Idi Amin, Africa, N. Korea, Arab Spring.
ReplyDeleteAll these when to poor in interior Sarawak don’t even have electricity, drinking water & primary education:
ReplyDeleteTime Magazine quoted an economist at Morgan Stanley in Singapore as saying that the Malaysia might have lost as much as US$100 billion since the early 1980s to corruption (RM300 billion = 300,000 million).
Perwaja RM10 billion. Forex fiasco early 90s RM30 billion. Maminco scandalRM 1.6 Billion.
Bank Bumiputra Scandal RM10 billion. STAR-LRT bailout RM3.256 billion. RM 38.5 billion compensation to highway companies. Putra transport system, which cost RM4.486 billion. Maminco scandal RM 1.6 Billion. PKFZ 12 billion. Bank Islam RM700 million. M.V. Agusta & Proton lost RM 348 million. Wang Ehsan, oil royalty Terengganu RM7.4 billion. Philharmonic Orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. Spent RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over 5 yrs. Jets and submarines to 2 private companies Perimeker & IMT Defence amounted to RM910 million. RM1.3 billion wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immig & Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Scenic Bridge. National Service Training Programme yearly estimate of RM 500 million. RM 4.63 billion, ’soft-loan’ to PKFZ. RM250 in NFC Cowgate scandal. RM30billion with Sarawak’s CM & cronies in 31 years.