Uncertainty over the current whereabouts of Sarawak’s ailing former leader Taib Mahmud represents the latest twist in a feud between his blood relatives and current wife.
On Feb 3, news circulated that Mr Taib Mahmud had been taken from a hospital in Sarawak by his wife Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib against medical advice. KUALA LUMPUR - Uncertainty over the current whereabouts of Sarawak ’s ailing former leader Taib Mahmud represents the latest twist in a feud between his blood relatives and current wife .
Children of the then state governor sued their Syrian-born stepmother over a disputed transfer of 50 million shares in a family-controlled firm that has long been the beneficiary of various government projects in the eastern Malaysian state, dating back to when Tun Taib was chief minister from 1981 to 2014. But the stocks worth about RM50 million (S$14 million) are just the tip of the iceberg in a battle for an estate that some believe makes Mr Taib the richest man in Malaysia.in Sarawak’s capital Kuching by his wife, Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib, 44, against medical advice and without the knowledge of her stepchildre
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