Raghad denies Taib taken out of hospital against doctors' advice

The wife of former Sarawak governor Taib Mahmud has denied that she took him out of hospital against doctors' advice.

In an Instagram story post, Raghad Kurdi Taib said this was not true and claimed to have proof in the form of a handwritten nurse's note.

Taib was reportedly being treated at the Normah Medical Specialist Centre’s intensive care unit in Kuching.

According to the note shared by Raghad, doctors were informed at 1.40pm on Saturday that Raghad wanted to bring Taib home, and that a doctor had noted the request.

Then at 1.45pm, a doctor said an infusion needed to be completed before discharge.

At 2pm, the note records Taib's vitals at the time, and ends with the remark "awaiting for discharge".

A health worker assisted Malaysiakini in deciphering the note.

According to a police report purportedly lodged by a doctor, Raghad allegedly removed all medications attached to Taib without alerting hospital staff late on Saturday.

He was then put in a wheelchair and brought out of the hospital.

The report was lodged hours after the incident.

Unaware of Taib’s whereabouts

Police had earlier confirmed receiving a police report on the matter.

A second police report by another family member of Taib’s was reportedly lodged on Sunday based on the first report.

According to the second police report, none of Taib’s siblings or four children were made aware of his current whereabouts and health condition.

Taib served as Sarawak’s fourth chief minister from 1981 to 2014 before being appointed as Sarawak’s seventh governor in 2014. He was supposed to remain in office until the end of this month.

However, his term as governor was cut short with the appointment of former Senate president Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar last month.

Police are investigating the case under Section 336 of the Penal Code for rash or negligent acts that endanger human life or the personal safety of others.

Last year, one of Taib's sons Sulaiman Abdul Rahman filed an injunction seeking to prevent shares in a private company from being transferred to Raghad. - Mkini