JAMALUDDIN JARJIS’ FAMILY SETTLES SUIT
Late minister’s widow, four children and mother reach agreement after 6 years
ASIX-YEAR legal dispute over matrimonial property worth RM2.1 billion between the late minister Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis’s widow Puan Sri Dr Kalsom Ismail, her four children, and her mother-in-law ended yesterday.
This was after all parties agreed to settle the case amicably in the Syariah High Court here.
Syariah lawyer Nur Hidayah A. Bakar, representing Jamaluddin’s mother Aminah Abdullah, confirmed that the claim was settled through mutual agreement.
Nur Hidayah said all parties met for about three hours in the morning to discuss and reach a settlement, which was then recorded by the court.
“Alhamdulillah (praise be to God), it’s been concluded.
“However, terms, amounts or any details regarding the property cannot be disclosed,” she said.
Kalsom was represented by syariah lawyer Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.
Kalsom filed the claim over, among others, properties in Malaysia and Makkah and several companies in October 2018 against her children and Aminah, naming them as the first to fifth defendants.
Under syariah law, the mother gets one-sixth of the estate’s assets, the wife gets one-eighth and the remainder is shared among the children.
Jamaluddin, former Rompin member of parliament and former Malaysian ambassador to the United States, was among six people killed in a helicopter crash on April 4, 2015.
It was reported that the Kuala Lumpur-bound helicopter from Pahang exploded mid-air before crashing in a rubber estate at 4.55pm at Kampung Sungai Pening in Semenyih, Selangor.
Jamaluddin was a confidant of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Also killed in the crash were the pilot Captain Clifford William Fournier, Najib’s former private secretary Datuk Seri Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang, Jamaluddin’s personal aide Razakan Seran and a woman identified as Aidana Baizieva.