Her lawyer Akberdin Abdul Kader filed the appeal on Monday, seeking to increase the RM30 million awarded to RM100 million. “She is not satisfied with the quantum awarded by the Syariah High Court,” he said in the appeal notice.
The Syariah High Court will decide this Friday if Mahmud Bekir can get a stay pending his appeal against the Court decision ordering him to pay RM30 million “mutaah” to his ex-wife.
Earlier this month, the Syariah High Court ordered Mahmud Bekir to pay RM30 million “mutaah” to Shahnaz.
Judge Abdul Karim Wahab ruled that Shahnaz, who divorced in 2011 from Mahmud Bekir, deserves the “mutaah” and RM30 million can help her to deal with the sadness throughout the marriage.
The couple was married on 9 January 1992 and have a son, Raden Murya, now 23.
They were divorced on 11 May 2011. Prior to their divorce, Mahmud Bekir and Shahnaz were separated for 11 years.