The Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court of Appeal today upheld the order for Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib to pay his ex-wife Shahnaz A Majid an RM30 million mutaah (conciliatory gift following divorce).

Judge Saarani Ismail said there was no error in the Syariah High Court judgment of 2016, and ordered that the son of Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud pay the sum in full.

"An appellate court would not intervene in the Syariah High Court judgment unless there is an error made," the judge ruled...