JJ's mother files affidavit for RM2.1b claim on son's estate

Aminah Abdullah, the mother to Jamaluddin Jarjis, today filed an affidavit-in-reply to set aside her former daughter-in-law Kalsom Ismail's bid to strike out her RM2.1 billion faraid (inheritance) claim on her son's assets.

This was disclosed by Aminah's syariah lawyer, Nur Hidayah A Bakar. However, the lawyer did not disclose the contents of the 84-year-old's affidavit-in-reply.

Nur Hidayah and co-counsel Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman also told Malaysiakini that the Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court fixed March 4 for Kalsom to file her own affidavit-in-reply...