Batang Ai – Sungai Wang Mengalir dari Sarawak ke Ottawa

ARCHIVES 2009

By admin-s On Mar 22, 2009

Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s daughter and her developer husband are proud owners of Ottawa’s second most expensive house, worth RM28.3 million.

The palatial home belonging to Jamilah Hamidah Taib and her husband Sean Murray is ranked No 2 among the most expensive private residences in the Canadian capital, according to the Municipal Property Assessment Corp.

“The couple's house at 688 Manor Ave in Rockcliffe Park, completed late last year, is worth C$9,609,000 (RM28.3 million), assessors have decided,” daily Ottawa Citizen reported in on Jan 19.

The annual property tax bill alone for the house is C$100,000 (RM293,000). According to the daily, the most expensive Ottawa home belongs to Marlen and Michael Cowpland, which is valued at C$12,535,000 (RM36.8 million).

Jamilah and Murray are high-flying business people – they both own Sakto Corporation, a major real estate operator in Ottawa.
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Jamilah, the elder of Taib’s two daughters, has along with the family been involved in a number of key business interests in Sarawak.

Jamilah and members of her family are owners of top Sarawak companies, including conglomerate Cahaya Mata Sarawak (CMS).

CMS is headed by Taib’s son Sulaiman Abdul Rahman and brother Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, and a sizable stake of the company is owned by the chief minister’s wife, Leila Taib.