SHAH ALAM – The widow of Cradle Fund chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan had filed an objection to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) over the nomination for her late husband’s credit contributions two weeks after his death, the high court was told today.
EPF account officer Noor Hafizah Osman, 36, who was attached to the Withdrawal Operations Management Division in 2018, said based on EPF records, the nominee named for Nazrin’s contribution was Eza Shafina Dzulkarnain, 47, as submitted by the deceased on January 13, 2011.
“On June 28, 2018, EPF received a nomination objection from the deceased’s (Nazrin) wife, Samirah Muzaffar, at its branch in Kuala Lumpur. On that date, Samirah submitted a letter of protest in her name and signed it herself.”
Samirah, 46, along with two teenagers, now aged 16 and 19, and Indonesian Eka Wahyu Lestari, who is still at large, are all charged with murdering Nazrin at a house in Mutiara Damansara between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018 and 4am the following day.
Noor Hafizah, who is the 45th prosecution witness in the trial, said Samirah, in filing the objection, had requested that her late husband’s EPF account be frozen as she was in the process of obtaining a faraid certificate from the shariah court.
She said following the objection, EPF had on July 6, 2018 issued a letter to Samirah recommending that she file an originating summons at the high court and obtain an injunction within 21 working days if she wanted to object to the payment of the deceased’s contribution to Eza Shafina.
“However, EPF was not issued any such summons or an injunction order from Samirah until we were informed that Nazrin’s death was being investigated as a murder case.”
When cross-examined by lawyer L.S. Leonard, the witness said she often received objections to EPF nominations from next of kin.
“This is a common thing.”
The trial before judge Datuk Ab Karim Ab Rahman continues on Monday. – Bernama, March 17, 2021
