Widow gets Socso pension in landmark ruling


From the total assets under management of RM25.8bil (as at June 30, 2017), Socso has so far invested up to 20% in equities, 77% in fixed income and money market instruments, and 3% in real estate

KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time in Malaysian legal history, a woman whose marriage was not registered under civil law has been recognised as the surviving widow by the court and deemed entitled to Socso pension.

High Court judge Justice Su Geok Yiam ruled that odd-job worker Lam Kun Tai, 51, is entitled to the Social Security Organisation’s survivors pension.

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