KUCHING, May 8 — The High Court right here has ordered for the issue of whether or not the Syariah Court has jurisdiction over the swimsuit filed by sons of the late Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud in opposition to their stepmother Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib, to be resolved first before the precise trial begins.
Judge Alexander Siew has fastened May 14 for the swimsuit’s pre-trial case administration, at which period the court docket will even repair trial dates and issue instructions for the trials on the jurisdictional issue.
During the proceedings, Siew additionally struck off an utility by the plaintiffs, Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib and Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, to embrace their late father because the third defendant.
“Enclosure 132 was an utility by the plaintiffs to embrace Tun Taib because the third defendant.
“Tun Taib has since handed away so Enclosure 132 has been overtaken by occasions. Enclosure 132 is hereby struck off with no order as to prices,” stated Siew.
Meanwhile, the plaintiffs by means of their counsel, Alvin Chong, knowledgeable the court docket that the Letters of Administration had since been issued in respect of the late Taib Mahmud property and the late Datuk Patinggi Puan Sri Laila Taib property.
“The course of is, there was revocation of the earlier Letters of Administration issued to the late Tun Taib and since then upon utility by the primary plaintiff (Sulaiman), the District Office has since issued contemporary Letters of Administration to the primary plaintiff affecting the property of late Toh Puan Laila,” defined Chong.
Chong exits the courtroom after the proceedings. — The eNM pic
Raghad, the spouse of former governor Taib, is being sued by his sons Sulaiman and Bekir who’re searching for a court docket injunction to halt the switch of shares from Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad to her.
Sulaiman and Bekir have named Raghad as the primary defendant, and RHB Investment Bank Berhad because the second defendant.
Raghad is represented by Alvin Yong, Shirleen Ong and Wong Chun Ming.
Representing RHB Investment Bank is Tan Kee Heng and Lesley Lynn Ling, whereas Sulaiman and Bekir are represented by Chong and Jonathan Tay. — The eNM
