April 18 set for Jamaludin Jarjis' widow to reply against defence statement

KUALA LUMPUR: The Syariah High Court here set April 18 for the widow of former minister, the late Jamaludin Jarjis, to file the reply against the statement of defence over the claim for jointly acquired matrimonial property submitted by her in October last year.

Syarie lawyer Nur Hidayah A. Bakar, representing Jamaludin's mother Aminah Abdullah, 85, said the reply by the defence would be submitted by Jamaludin's widow, Puan Sri Dr Kalsom Ismail, 63, as the plaintiff, against his four children namely Ikwan Hafiz, 32, Nur Anis, 34, Nurul Alyaa, 28, and Noor Adilla, 24, who were the first until fourth defendants.

"Today is set for mention for the claim for matrimonial property by Jamaluddin's widow, Puan Sri Dr Kalsom, as well as the preliminary objection made by the widow and his children against Aminah's application to obtain the faraid certificate,” she said.

The lawyer said this after the case management held in chambers before Syariah High Court Registrar, Siti Zulaiha Mohamad Mansor yesterday.

She said on the same date, the preliminary objection application by Kalsom and the children would be heard before the Syariah High Court Judge on matters regarding Aminah's application to obtain the faraid certificate.

Jamaludin's widow was represented by lawyer Datuk Shamsuriah Sulaiman while his four children were represented by lawyer Zuri Zabuddin Budiman.

It is understood that Jamaludin's widow had filed the matrimonial property claim in October last year but did not specify the details of the property.

On March 2, 2018, Aminah, filed an application to obtain a faraid certificate on her son's estate estimated at more than RM2 billion, under Section 46 (IX) of the Islamic Religious Administration (Federal Territories) Act 1993.

The late Jamaludin, who was also the former Malaysian Ambassador to the United States, was killed on April 4, 2015, after the helicopter he was travelling in from Pekan, Pahang, enroute to Kuala Lumpur, crashed at Kampung Sungai Pening, Semenyih, Selangor, at 4.55 pm.

Also killed were his pilot, Captain Clifford William Fournier, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's private secretary Datuk Seri Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang, Jamaludin's personal aide Razakan Seran and a woman known as Aidana Baizieva. - Bernama