Mahmud Bekir Taib, the son of former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Shahnaz A Majid RM30 million in mutaah (conciliatory gift).

In making the ruling, Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court judge Mohd Abdul Karim Wahab said the court wanted the payments to be made in three installments comprising RM10 million each.