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SINGAPORE – Mustafa Center chief Mustaq Ahmad personally paid his stepbrother’s family household expenses, including reimbursement claims for puffs of Old Chang Kee curry and a $ 3.90 meal of naan and roti, the High Court heard. on Monday (October 19).
Mustaq’s lawyer, Senior Advisor Alvin Yeo, also noted that his client had remitted Rs 500,000 to his stepmother in India in 2011 and was more generous than his stepbrother Ayaz Ahmed had claimed.
The disputes occurred when Mr. Yeo produced notebooks with handwritten records and other financial records upon questioning Mr. Ayaz for the fifth day.
Mr. Ayaz, his four brothers and his mother are suing Mr. Mustaq, his wife and their two children for their stakes in Mohamed Mustafa & Samsuddin Co, the company behind the popular department store.
The plaintiffs charge Mr. Mustaq and the defendants with various crimes that diluted Mustafa’s ownership interest in the company, among other things.
Mustaq said the plaintiffs were using the lawsuit to pressure him to give more shares to the Mustafa property, and that he had provided the plaintiffs over the years.
On Monday, Mr. Yeo gave examples to show that Mr. Mustaq paid for Mr. Ayaz’s food, meals and utilities, as well as providing him with free housing.
Records from April 2015 indicate that Mr. Mustaq paid about $ 39,719 in expenses for his extended family, including $ 7,264.26 attributed to Mr. Ayaz.
Mr. Ayaz said he had no idea of the expenses. He estimated that his expenses were more than $ 5,000 a month because he was shopping for groceries for extended family members who lived in the same apartment.
He disagreed that Mr. Mustaq was personally meeting the expenses of his home, which Mr. Yeo said went up to $ 12,874.60 per month.
“I don’t agree because I have a reason,” he said. When pressed for the reason, he responded, “We used to get paid and run our own house.”
Yeo also tried to refute Ayaz’s testimony that after his father’s death in 2011, Mustaq sent only $ 10,000 a year to his mother in India.
Mr. Yeo noted that in August 2011, Mr. Mustaq remitted 850,000 Indian rupees (S $ 15,730) to members of Mr. Ayaz’s family in India, with 500,000 rupees (S $ 9,250) marked for the mother of the Mr. Ayaz.
Mr. Ayaz said that the money did not go to his mother but was used to fulfill the obligations of the family’s zakat and was donated to charity.
The trial continues.
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