Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Abdul Taib denied that his marriage with Shahnaz Majid had ended because of his playboy lifestyle. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 1, 2014.
Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Abdul Taib today denied that he had affairs with several women from all over the world in the suit by his ex-wife Shahnaz Majid who is seeking an RM100 million muta'ah (conciliatory payment) claim.
Mahmud Abu Bekir also denied that he had continued with his playboy lifestyle until the end of his marriage with Shahnaz (pic, right).
Cross-examined by Shahnaz's lawyer, Akbardin Abdul Kader at the Shariah High Court today, Mahmud Abu Bekir also denied that the reason he kept going away from his wife and son for extended periods of time was because he was fooling around with other women.
When asked if he had any relationship with any woman other than his wife between 1992 and 1999, Mahmud Abu Bekir said that he had met a woman from Australia while she was attending a religious course in Singapore in 1999.
Akbardin: Did you have a relationship with a woman from Latvia?
Mahmud Abu Bekir: No
Akbardin: From Russia?
Mahmud Abu Bekir: No.
The son of Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud also denied that he had hit, kicked and strangled his wife on numerous occasions between 1994 and 1999.
Akbardin: She (Shahnaz) testified in this court that in an incident in 1995, you had punched and strangled her, and that she told your younger sibling Datuk Hanifah about it. She testified about the incident in detail, do you agree it happened?
Mahmud Abu Bekir: Disagree, it never happened.
Akbardin: That is a lie, because if it did not happen, you would have challenged her when she was being cross-examined.
Mahmud Abu Bekir: Disagree.
Akbardin: She had also testified that in an incident in 1996, you had punched her, causing her to fall on the carpet, after which you punched her again. She said you left after that and she could not contact you.
Mahmud Abu Bekir: Disagree.
Akbardin: If you disagree, why did you not challenge her evidence during cross-examination? Now at the drop of a hat, you are denying everything.
Mahmud Abu Bekir: I am not a lawyer.
Akbardin: Don't blame your lawyers, you should have told them these incidents did not happen, but you did not give them instructions. This is very detailed evidence that was never challenged, so I put it to you these incidents are true?
Mahmud Abu Bekir: Disagree.
Akbardin also questioned Mahmud Abu Bekir about Shahnaz's claim that she had complained to his sibling and his father about his violent acts and that they had told her to be patient.
Shahnaz also testified that with their support, she had continued to be patient, hoping that he would change his ways.
Mahmud Abu Bekir, however, told the court today that he had not heard anything from his father or sibling on the issue.
The defendant agreed, however, that his testimony in court during examination-in-chief that his ex-wife was suspicious and jealous in nature, and that she had been constantly tracking his movements, were not in his statement of defence.
Akbardin: The reality is that the marriage broke down because you were unfaithful and were cheating on her?
Mahmud Abu Bekir: Disagree.
Earlier, the defendant told the court that he had known his ex-wife since he was studying at Victoria Institution at the age of 15, when Shahnaz was studying at the Methodist Girls School.
He also agreed with Akbardin's suggestion that he did leave his marital home in Kuching off and on, and that it became more frequent closer to 1997.
He said however that he had informed his wife whenever he was leaving, adding that he stayed in his father's home in Kuala Lumpur during those times.
Hearing before judge Muhamad Abdul Karim Wahab was postponed to January 21.
Mahmud Abu Bekir and Shahnaz were married in January 1992 and have a 20-year-old son. Mahmud Abu Bekir filed for divorce from Shahnaz on May 11, 2011.
- TMI
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