Anak Taib Mahmud Gemar Bersosial, Isteri Tuntut Fasakh

Menantu kepada Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud memfailkan permohonan untuk bercerai secara fasakh dan menuntut mutaah bernilai RM100 juta dan RM300 juta sebagai harta sepencarian.

Gambar: Datin Seri Shanaz A.Majid (kiri), menantu kepada Ketua Menteri Sarawak ditemani peguam Dr Mohd Rafie Mohd Shafie selepas memfailkan tuntutan fasakh sebanyak RM100 juta dan RM300 juta sebagai harta sepencarian daripada suaminya, Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib di Mahkamah Rendah Syariah, Kuala Lumpur, Rabu. - THE STAR/NORAFIFI EHSAN

Datin Seri Shahnaz A. Majid, 48, memfailkan permohonan tersebut terhadap ahli perniagaan, Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib Abdul Taib, 48, pada 22 Februari lalu dan kes disebut di Mahkamah Rendah Syariah di sini pada Rabu.

Pasangan tersebut berkahwin pada 9 Januari 1992 di sini dengan berwalikan bapa pengantin perempuan dan dikurniakan seorang anak lelaki, Raden Murya yang berusia 17 tahun.

Shahnaz yang juga kakak kepada penyanyi popular, Sheila Majid memfailkan permohonan itu atas alasan Mahmud Abu Bekir tidak memberikan nafkah batin sejak tahun 2001 menyebabkan beliau digantung tidak bertali yang telah menyusahkan kehidupan beliau.

Selain itu, beliau juga mendakwa defendan telah menunjukkan perubahan bermula tahun 1994 dan 1999 apabila bertindak agresif seperti menumbuk kepala, menendang rusuk dan suka memaki hamun plaintif dengan menggunakan kata-kata kesat.

Plaintif juga mendakwa, suaminya amat jarang pulang ke rumah sejak tahun 1999, tidak boleh ditegur, sukar dihubungi, gemar bersosial dengan perempuan bukan muhrim serta tidak melayan diri beliau dengan adil selepas bernikah dengan seorang wanita Rusia yang berstatus janda yang mempunyai tiga orang anak.

Pada prosiding itu, peguam syarie Dr Mohd Rafie Mohd Shafie yang mewakili plaintif memaklumkan Hakim Syarie Mohd Amirul Adam Ahmad bahawa pihaknya masih belum dapat menyerahkan saman kepada defendan, walaupun percubaan telah dilakukan pada 28 Februari lalu.

“Pihak kami tidak dapat masuk ke rumah defendan yang terletak di Duta Nusantara (di sini), maka kami memohon perintah mahkamah supaya saman berdaftar disampaikan kepada beliau melalui mahkamah,” tambahnya.

Justeru itu, Mohd Amirul Adam Ahmad menetapkan kes tersebut disebut semula pada 24 Mac ini.

Sementara itu, bagi tuntutan mutaah, Shahnaz menuntut RM100 juta yang dipercayai satu jumlah yang munasabah berdasarkan tempoh perkahwinan mereka selama 19 tahun sebulan selain ia juga berpadanan dengan pendapatan defendan.

Dakwanya, defendan merupakan seorang yang sangat berkemampuan dan memegang jawatan sebagai Pengerusi Eksekutif Syarikat Cahaya Mata Sarawak yang menjalankan pelbagai perniagaan dan pelaburan yang berjumlah berbilion-bilion ringgit.

Sehubungan itu, Shahnaz mendakwa jumlah yang dituntut tersebut adalah demi keadilan untuk beliau memulakan kehidupan baru dan menutup rasa aib serta membolehkan beliau untuk hidup dengan taraf dan status yang pernah dilaluinya.

Selain itu, beliau turut menuntut supaya RM300 juta diisytiharkan sebagai harta sepencarian, iaitu harta-harta termasuk rumah di mereta-rata tempat, tanah beratus-ratus hektar di Sarawak dan tanah di Bukit Tunku, di sini.

Selain itu, mereka juga didakwa mempunyai kereta Mercedez Benz, Lamborghini Murcielago, Ferrari Spider, Bentley New Continental GT, Maserati Quartoporte, AUDI, dan Van Alphard serta simpanan-simpanan bank.

Harta tersebut juga melibatkan syarikat-syarikat dan saham-saham seperti Titanium Management Sdn Bhd, Sarawak Cable Berhad, Cahaya Mata Sarawak Berhad, Premium Haven, Log Dak Promotions, Dataran Aras, Celebrity Design dan Bella Magic.

Semasa ditemui di luar mahkamah, Mohd Rafie memberitahu, permohonan mutaah dan harta sepencarian tersebut telah ditetapkan untuk menjalani rundingan secara sulh di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah di sini pada 15 Mac ini. -mstar

Will Taib now groom his ‘other’ son?

Political novice Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib is being urged to contest on his father's party ticket.

KUCHING: Is embattled “kleptocrat” Chief Minister Taib Mahmud engineering his exit?

Why otherwise would 13 villages in the Sadong Jaya constituency suddenly call for his eldest son, Mahmud Abu Bekir, to contest in the coming state polls?

Like his younger brother Sulaiman Rahman, who in 2008 won the Kota Samarahan parliamentary seat, previously held by Taib, Abu Bekir also has no political past.

Taib, who was rumoured to have identified Sulaiman as his political heir apparent, had in 2008 planned his son’s political ascent. But Sulaiman subsequently lost interest in politics.

Desperate for a successor, sources within Taib’s Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) are hinting that Taib may be now engaging his older son’s interest.

While Abu Bekir’s political history is limited to being the son of Taib, in the corporate world, he helms Sarawak’s largest business conglomerate Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS).

CMS is directly owned by Taib’s closest family members.

It is also one of 49 Taib-linked companies across eight countries blacklisted by the Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund which has alleged that the extensive Taib-family wealth was derived from the alleged injustices against the indigenous communities in Sarawak and the massive raping of the Borneo rainforest.

According to PBB sources, Abu Bekir has shown “no real interest” in active politics, preferring the boardroom to the State Legislative Assembly.

“(Abu) Bekir can be described as a political greenhorn. He’s has shown no interest in politics.

“But if his father (Taib) needs him, he will be there to support him, “ said the source.

On Monday, Taib had reportedly met with several senior PBB at his headquarters in Jalan Bako to discuss the list of candidates. The meeting has since spawned rumours of an April state election.

PBB is expected to field 10 to 12 new faces in the state polls and speculations are that Abu Bekir may step out of his comfort zone to aid his embattled father.
Calls for Bekir

Interestingly enough, also on Monday, 113 residents from 13 villagers in Sadong Jaya constituency gathered outside the same headquarters and urged Taib to field his son in their constituency.

The villagers said they needed a “true leader” who could bring to Sadong Jaya the much-needed change and development.

“We know and we want a Sadong Jaya candidate who can bring about changes, development and progress to the constituency,” said Kampung Semera Hilir headman Ain Mahli.

Ain said the Sadong Jaya constituents desperately want to see improvement in their socio-economic status.

He urged Taib not to trivialise their wish and asked that their proposal, which was handed over to PBB executive secretary Awang Bujang Awang Antek, be “viewed seriously”.

“We want the chief minister to field only capable PBB candidates. Abu Bekir can bring the much needed development to Sadong Jaya,” he said.

Sadong Jaya, however, is not quite the safe seat going by the majority polled by incumbent Wan Abdul Waham.

Taib might be less inclined to risk fielding his son here.

In 2006, four-term incumbent Wahab barely beat PKR to secure the seat. He took the seat by a 858- vote majority.

Wahab obtained 2,715 votes against Piee Ling’s 1,857 votes.Wahab has since decided not to seek a re-election.

Sadong Jaya is one of the 10 PBB seats which will see a new face. -FMT