08 Sep 2006
M. Hamzah Jamaludin

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KUANTAN: The wedding of Datuk R of Malacca to Puteri Shahanaz Hazlin Hamdan is likely to trump the Datuk K-Siti Nurhaliza nuptials for extravagance.

Including the hantaran (wedding gifts), Datuk Roslan Hashim spent more than RM3.5 million on the akad nikah (solemnisation of the marriage) tonight and the grand dinner reception tomorrow.

The 22 gifts he presented to his 24-year-old bride include a RM444,444.44 cash wedding gift, a BMW car worth RM250,000, a RM150,000 jewellery set, a 20-carat diamond ring costing RM20,000 and other designer items. Her dowry (emas kawin) was RM22,222.22.

Roslan denied he was competing with Datuk Khalid Muhammad Jiwa, saying: “I don’t think it’s wrong to hold a grand event and present an expensive hantaran if one can afford it.”

Khalid’s hantaran for Siti came to RM30,000, while her dowry was RM22,222.

Shahanaz presented her 49-year-old groom with 20 trays of gifts, including a Rolex watch worth RM84,000 and a RM18,000 wedding ring.

She was a part-time model and is related to the late Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tengku Afzan.