PUTRAJAYA: The shariah high court has allowed Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd group CEO Shahril Shamsuddin to file a preliminary objection to his father’s application to revoke a hibah (gift or grant of property or assets) involving 14.85 million shares allegedly given to him in 1997.
Judge Irwan Ismail made the ruling today after hearing submissions from lawyers representing Sapura Holdings founder Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir and his sons, Shahril and Shahriman, who are named as defendants.
Shahril’s counsel, Rafie Shafie, told the court the defence would state in its affidavit that Shamsuddin had no documentary evidence to support the hibah claim, and had waited an unusually long period – 27 years – before raising the matter.