Taib's wife denies 'absconding' husband from hospital

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00:00 The wife of Tun Abdul Taib Mahmood on Monday denied allegations that she had forcefully

00:07 taken the former Sarawak governor out of the hospital against the advice of doctors.

00:13 Topwan Raghad Kuri Taib said in her Instagram post that it was not true while showing a

00:18 photo of a note as so-called proof.

00:21 The note is believed to be from a nurse.

00:24 Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Atta had said that they are investigating a police

00:30 report on the removal of Abdul Taib from a hospital in Kuching.

00:35 The incident was said to have happened at close to midnight on Saturday.

00:39 The report said the 87-year-old Abdul Taib was brought down in a wheelchair by Raghad's

00:44 butler and bodyguards and carried into a vehicle at the hospital's main entrance.

00:49 "Tun Taib was forcefully removed from hospital."

00:57 When officiating an event on Monday, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said

01:02 he did not know about the incident, and he declined to comment further.

01:07 Abdul Taib is Sarawak's longest-serving chief minister from 1981 to 2014.

01:13 He was also the chief executive officer of the Sarawak Police Department.

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