Jj S Mother Sues Grandchildren Over Shares Worth Rm1 3b

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Aminah Abdullah, the mother of the late minister, Jamaluddin Jarjis, had last month filed a suit against her two grandchildren for not disclosing they are trustees of their father's estate in owning shares in three companies said to be worth in excess of RM1.3 billion

Aminah, 84, named Nur Anis Jamaluddin, and Ikwan Hafiz Jamaluddin, as defendants in the suit, where the duo are said to have jointly owned three million shares in Rantai Wawasan Sdn Bhd, six million shares in Alpine Motion Sdn Bhd, and two Ivory Insights Sdn Bhd shares
The suit was filed by Messrs Wan Marican, Hamzah & Shaik at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Jan 3, this year
This latest legal action is besides Aminah's rightful portion of RM2.1 billion faraid (inheritance) claim, she had filed at the Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court last year, which is still pending
The matter came up for case management today before High Court deputy registrar, Norliza Hussin, who fixed April 2 for case management before Justice Mohd Firuz Jaffril
This is pending the defence and replies to the defence
Aqilah Pawancheek appeared for Aminah today
In her statement of claim, Aminah is seeking declarations that she, as the lawful mother, and beneficiary of Jamaluddin, has an interest in the estate in terms of the said shares and that the joint administrators of the estate amend by way of a court list of the movable assets worth:Three million Rantai Wawasan shares worth RM1.044 billionSix million Alpine Motion shares worth RM233 million, andTwo Ivory Insights shares worth RM80million.She claims that as Jamaluddin's (photo) mother, she is entitled to one-sixth of the estate
Aminah, in her statement of claim, listed Rantai Wawasan as a management consultancy company incorporated in 1982, wherein the 1990s, it was part of a three-member consortium to privatise Lembaga Kemajuan Tenggara
Alpine Motion is an investment holding company formed in 2013, and Ivory Insights is an investment holding company incorporated in 2012
She claimed that her son had been involved in business for a long time when he set up an engineering consultancy firm J and A Associates, and by 1986, Jamaluddin had taken over EPE Power Sdn Bhd that manufactured electrical and power equipment switch gears
Aminah claimed that her two grandchildren had obtained the grant letters of administration from Jamaluddin's estate, making them joint administrators of the deceased's assets that included the shares mentioned above, two years ago
She further claimed that Jamaluddin did not own shares in his name, as he was holding various government and political appointments prior to his death in 2015
This because ministers cannot be involved in business, and disclosure of business interests would lead to public criticism
Jamaluddin was the former Rompin MP, and held various posts in the cabinet, including as the second finance minister, minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Malaysian ambassador to the United States. He was also the Tenaga Nasional Bhd chairperson
He was killed in a helicopter crash on April 4, 2015. - Mkini

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