The High Court here has imposed a daily fine of RM20,000 on a 75-year-old man until he complies with an order to equally divide his matrimonial assets with his wife following their judicial separation.
Justice Sumathi Murugiah said the husband, anonymised as PAI, had breached the post-trial order and the consequential order beyond a reasonable doubt.
In her ruling last week, following contempt proceedings initiated by the 73-year-old wife, identified as HAI, the judge gave the husband 30 days to comply with the ruling made last year or risk imprisonment.
In the interim, she imposed a daily fine of RM20,000.
The committal application concerned the husband’s failure to comply with the judgment delivered on Nov 24, 2024, in which the wife was awarded half of the matrimonial assets.
In an affidavit filed in…