KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): The High Court today partially allowed an application by the 86-year-old mother of the late Rompin member of Parliament and former minister Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis for a declaration stating that she is his lawful mother, hence is entitled to be a beneficiary to his estate and has an interest in companies owned by her grandchildren that are worth in excess of RM1 billion.

The three companies which she is claiming a portion of are Rantai Wawasan Sdn Bhd, Alpine Motion Sdn Bhd and Ivory Insights Sdn Bhd.

Justice Datuk Seri Mohd Firuz Jaffril, in his 26-page decision which he announced via videoconferencing, however only allowed a claim by the plaintiff, Aminah Abdullah, on Rantai Wawasan as part of her deceased son's estate.

"The plaintiff's (Aminah's) prayer for a declaration that the shares of Alpine Motion and Ivory Insights are part of the estate of the late Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis is dismissed," the judge said.

Justice Firuz also ordered the two grandchildren — Nur Anis Jamaluddin and Ikhwan Hafiz Jamaluddin — to pay costs of RM80,000 to their grandmother.

Aminah, who is illiterate, had filed the suit against Nur Anis and Ikhwan Hafiz, where she sought the court declaration.

Rantai Wawasan is listed as a management consultant company formed in 1982.

She claimed she has an interest in the shares of Rantai Wawasan, Alpine Motion and Ivory Insights, which were given to Nur Anis and Ikhwan Hafiz.

The octogenarian claimed:
• three million Rantai Wawasan shares worth RM1.044 billion (audited as at end-2017),
• six million Alpine Motion shares worth RM233 million, and
• two Ivory Insights shares worth RM80 million.

She claimed one-sixth of the value of the shares (RM1.3 billion) from the estate, according to the Islamic faraid system of estate management.

Aminah was represented by senior lawyers Pawancheek Merican and Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman, while counsel S Suhendran and Frank Wong appeared for Nur Anis and Ikhwan Hafiz.

Aminah has also filed a faraid application which is pending at the Syariah Court.

Jamaluddin had served as the second finance minister; minister of science, technology and innovation; and Malaysia's ambassador to the United States.

Known to be a close confidant of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Jamaluddin was killed in a helicopter crash along with Najib's principal private secretary Datuk Azlin Alias in April 2015.