ARB offers settlement to mum
The Amanah Raya Berhad has offered to settle a suit by a Hindu woman who could not inherit the insurance monies left by her son who died a Muslim.
Koperasi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Berhad had an insurance policy taken out on army ranger E.Ragu, 23, who died on 2nd Aug 2000. Ragu had made a trust deed making his mother, M.Rukumony, the beneficiary. The insurance monies was not paid to Rukumony, but instead deposited it in Amanah Raya.
The Koperasi claimed that under the Syariah Law, Rukumony could not inherit the property of her deceased son because she is a non-Muslim.
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