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A Singapore woman who received more than $500,000 from the Central Provident Fund (CPF) belonging to her late former husband has been ordered by the court to return the money after it ruled that his second marriage had cancelled out her status as his nominee.
But in a rare twist involving CPF monies, the High Court also ruled that the second wife – a Filipina who now lives in Canada – was ineligible to receive the money as she no longer practised the Islamic faith.
The court ordered the first wife, Madam Mamuah Naim, to pay the full sum of $575,735 to the administrator of the dead man’s estate for distribution based on Islamic law.
In the High Court order filed last month, Justice Andrew Ang also ordered the law firm acting for Madam Mamuah to return the legal fees she paid from the CPF money.
Mr Samsudin Mohamed had nominated her as his beneficiary in 1985, but the couple, who had no children, were divorced in June 1989.
He married Ms Leonisa Acha Vallecera in Toronto 13 years later and they had a son.
Mr Samsudin died in December 2015, and his sister in Singapore, Madam Hamidah Hanif, was tasked with administering his estate.
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