THE High Court in Ipoh today fixed January 17 next year to hear an interim application from a woman alleging to be the wife of former MIC president S. Samy Vellu. 

Meeriam Rosaline Edward Paul, 59, filed the application in March this year, seeking unconditional access to Samy Vellu, apart from a monthly alimony payment of RM25,000.

Lawyers R.S.N. Rayer and Ramesh Sivakumar, who are representing Paul, informed reporters of this matter after attending case management in the chambers of judge Hashim Hamzah. 

According to Rayer, Hashim set January 17 for the hearing in view of the fact that a suit instituted by S. Vell Paari against his father, will be heard in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on December 17.

On December 2, Vell Paari filed the summons, seeking an order of the court that an investigation be conducted to ascertain the mental fitness of his father, and whether the former MIC president and works minister has the capacity to manage himself and his matters.

Meanwhile, Ramesh said that Paul and Samy Vellu had a customary marriage at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur in 1981, and that the marriage was valid by law because it took place before 1982 when all non-Islamic marriages were required to be registered.

In this regard, Paul is seeking the monthly alimony of RM25,000 for her personal needs, as well to cover the salary of her housemaid and maintenance costs for her home which was gifted to her by Samy Vellu. 

Paul told reporters she had last met with Samy Vellu six months ago in Kuala Lumpur and claimed he was in a good condition, including mentally.

“I met him for about an hour and he advised me not to worry, not to go to Kuala Lumpur and that he would come to Ipoh,” she said. – Bernama, December 12, 2019.