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IPOH: There was drama in the courthouse grounds here as the woman claiming to be the second wife of Tun S. Samy Vellu arrived accompanied by her family members and lawyers. The large number of reporters and photographers did not know who she was, until Meeriam Rosaline Edward Paul, the woman embroiled in a legal controversy with the former MIC president, was approached by her lawyer RSN Rayer.
Dressed in a gold saree with orange bodice, she showed her thali (a chain tied by the groom around the bride’s neck in traditional Hindu marriages) to reporters as proof that she and Samy Vellu were married. A High Court hearing for an interim order to grant Meeriam full access to Samy Vellu was fixed for yesterday, but Justice Hashim Hamzah put off the proceedings following a request by the legal team representing Samy Vellu’s son, Datuk Seri S. Vell Paari. The decision was made in chambers by the judge. The case will now be heard on Jan 17. The 59-year-old woman has claimed that she and Samy Vellu held a customary marriage in Kuala Lumpur in 1981. Meeriam, who was also represented by Ramesh Sivakumar, filed the interim order in March this year.Besides the unrestricted access, she is also seeking to be paid a monthly RM25,000 maintenance fee pending the outcome of her main suit.
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