Taib’s sons can proceed with Cahya Mata Sarawak shares lawsuit, court rules
The High Court in Kuching has dismissed applications filed by the second wife of the late former Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud and RHB Investment Bank Bhd to strike out a civil suit filed by his sons over 50 million Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd shares.
According to The Borneo Post, Justice Alexander Siew held that as beneficiaries, both sons have locus standi to bring the suit, and that the case could not be summarily dismissed as plainly without merit.
The judge fixed Jan 13 next year for the next mention date.
Taib’s sons – Sulaiman Abdul Rahman and Mahmud Abu Bekir – filed the suit claiming that the 50 million shares were unlawfully removed from the estate of their late mother, Laila Taib, and transferred to Taib’s second wife, Raghad Kurdi Taib.
