THE Kuching High Court today fixed October 16 to hear an application for an injunction filed by former deputy tourism minister Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib against his stepmother Raghad Kurdi Taib.

Kuching High Court judicial commissioner Alexander Siew How Wai fixed the date in the suit, which named RHB Bank Bhd as the second defendant.

The court ordered both parties to file their submissions by September 18.

Sulaiman, who is the Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad group managing director, was represented by Alvin Chong and Jonathan Tay.  

Earlier news reports stated that Sulaiman was seeking an injunction for the transfer of shares in a private company to Raghad.

Sulaiman is the second son of Abdul Taib Mahmud through his first marriage to Laila Taib, who died on April 29, 2009.

Taib married Raghad in 2010. – Bernama, September 4, 2023.