PARTIES in the claim for matrimonial property worth RM1 billion filed by Kalsom Ismail, who is Jamaludin Jarjis’ widow, against her four children and mother-in-law, is in the process of discussions to resolve the case amicably outside the court.

The four children named as defendants in the claim are Ikwan Hafiz, Nur Anis, Nurul Alyaa and Noor Adilla. The other defendant is Jamaludin’s mother, Aminah Abdullah. 

Shariah lawyer Nor Husniah Husin, representing Kalsom, 66, told judge Abdul Shukor Abd Hamid that her four children and mother-in-law want to resolve the case as was recommended by the judge.

“As such, all parties agreed to vacate today’s trial date and on November 14 to make way for family discussions without lawyers involved,” she said. 

Lawyers Nur Hidayah A. Bakar and Farhan Haziq Mohamed, representing Aminah, confirmed the matter and told the court the parties also agreed for a new date to be fixed to replace today’s date.

Shukor vacated all the dates that had been set earlier to hear the case and fixed January 31 to be informed of the status of the discussion. 

Kalsom, 66, filed the claim for the matrimonial property, which included 20 properties in Malaysia, Mecca, and several companies in October 2018 against her four children and mother-in-law.

Jamaludin, who was former Malaysian ambassador to the United States, was killed on April 4, 2015, after the helicopter he was travelling in from Pahang, en route to Kuala Lumpur, crashed in Kampung Sungai Pening, Semenyih, Selangor, at 4.55pm.

Also killed were the pilot, Clifford William Fournier, former prime minister Najib Razak’s private secretary Azlin Alias, businessman Tan Huat Seang, Jamaludin’s personal aide Razakan Seran, and a woman known as Aidana Baizieva. – Bernama, November 1, 2022.