KUALA LUMPUR: A six-year legal dispute over the matrimonial property worth RM2.1 billion between the widow of late minister Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis, Puan Sri Dr Kalsom Ismail, her four children and her mother-in-law ended today.
This is after all parties agreed to settle the claim case amicably at the Syariah High Court here.
Syariah lawyer Nur Hidayah A Bakar, representing Jamaludin's mother, Aminah Abdullah, confirmed that the claim was settled amicably with mutual agreement.
Nur Hidayah said all parties met for about three hours in the morning to discuss and reach a consensus for the settlement, which was then recorded by the court.
"Alhamdulillah (praise be to God)... it's concluded today. However, terms, amounts or any details regarding the property cannot be disclosed," she said.
Kalsom was represented by syariah lawyer Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.
Kalsom filed the claim over, among others, 20 properties in Malaysia and Makkah, and several companies in October 2018 against her children and Aminah, naming them as the first to fifth defendants.
Under the syariah law, the mother gets one-sixth of the estate's assets, the wife gets one-eighth and the remainder is shared among the children.
Jamaluddin, the former Rompin member of parliament and former Malaysian ambassador to the United States, was among six people killed in a helicopter crash on April 4, 2015.
It was reported that the helicopter bound for Kuala Lumpur from Pahang exploded mid-air before crashing in a rubber estate at 4.55pm at Kampung Sungai Pening in Semenyih, Selangor.
Jamaluddin was a confidant of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Also killed were the pilot Captain Clifford William Fournier, Najib former's private secretary Datuk Seri Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang, Jamaludin's personal aide Razakan Seran and a woman known as Aidana Baizieva.