Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Tun Abdul Taib, the son of the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak, today succeeded in his bid for an interim stay on paying "mutaah" (alimony) of RM30 million to his former wife Shahnaz Abdul Majid.
BIGGEST muta'ah payment fair, said columnist Salleh Buang (NST, March 17). I beg to differ. It looks more like a lifetime of luxury. A RM30 million muta'ah means an ex-wife will enjoy RM100,000 a month for the next 25 years.
The multi million Ringgit 'mutaah' claim filed by the former wife of Sarawak business entrepreneur Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib was today reduced to RM30 million after taking into consideration that the original application for RM100 million was excessive.