KUALA LUMPUR – Parties in the claim for matrimonial property worth RM1 billion filed by Puan Sri Kalsom Ismail, who is Tan Sri Jamaludin Jarjis’ widow, against her four children and mother-in-law are currently in discussions for an out of court settlement.
The four children named as defendants in the claim are Ikwan Hafiz, Nur Anis, Nurul Alyaa, and Noor Adilla. The other defendant is Jamaludin’s mother, Aminah Abdullah.
Shariah lawyer Nor Husniah Husin, representing Kalsom, 66, told shariah judge Abdul Shukor Abd Hamid that her four children and mother-in-law were in talks to resolve the case amicably as recommended by the judge.
“As such, all parties agreed to vacate today’s trial date and on November 14 to make way for family discussions without the lawyers involved,” she said.
Shariah lawyers Nur Hidayah A. Bakar and Farhan Haziq Mohamed, representing Aminah, confirmed the matter and told the court that the parties also agreed for a new date to be fixed to replace today’s court date.
Following this, judge Shukor vacated all the dates that had been set earlier to hear the case and fixed January 31 next year to be informed of the status of the discussion.
Kalsom, 66, filed the claim for the matrimonial property, which included 20 properties in Malaysia, Mecca, and several companies in October 2018 against her four children and mother-in-law.
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, en route to Kuala Lumpur, crashed at Kg Sungai Pening, Semenyih, Selangor.
Also killed were the pilot, Clifford William Fournier, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s private secretary Datuk Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang, Jamaludin’s personal aide Razakan Seran, and a woman known as Aidana Baizieva. – Bernama, November 1, 2022
