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KUALA LUMPUR: Tengku Adnan Mansor and the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN) are in the process of resolving a lawsuit involving more than RM57.17 million in income taxes said to be owed by the former minister of federal territories from 2012 to 2017.
LHDN Deputy Prosecutor Hazlina Hussain informed Superior Court Judge Azimah Omar today.
“This is a conciliation offer from the defendant (Tengku Adnan). As such, we have to study it. Both parties are working to resolve the case.
“As the issues are complex, the parties will take a little time to resolve the case,” he said.
The court was scheduled to hear LHDN’s request for a summary judgment against Tengku Adnan, better known as Ku Nan, and its request for suspension of the proceedings today.
A summary trial is when the court decides a certain case through arguments without hearing the statements of the witnesses at trial.
Tengku Adnan’s lawyer, Rosli Dahlan, also requested a postponement of the hearing as they were in the process of resolving the lawsuit.
“The parties have reached an agreement on the quantum, but the mode of the agreement has not yet been decided,” he said.
However, Hazlina told the court that LHDN had not yet decided the amount, especially the fine to pay.
Azimah set September 23 to hear the request for summary judgment and Tengku Adnan’s request to stay the proceedings.
“This is final. I give two weeks. If there is no agreement, I will continue with the case. This case has lasted a long time, ”said the judge.
The government, through LHDN, filed the lawsuit on July 24 of last year after accusing Tengku Adnan of tax evasion for the appraisal years 2012 to 2017, as indicated in the appraisal notice of March 15 of the year. past.
LHDN, in its claim, said that the Putrajaya deputy had not paid taxes totaling RM57,167,069.35.
The sum comprised RM64,444.38 (for 2012); 6,614,861.59 RM (2013); 8,887,576.69 RM (2014); 9,198,523.67 RM (2015); RM 5,520,818.05 (2016); and 26,880,844.97 RM (2017).
As such, the plaintiff is demanding from the defendant a total of RM57,167,069.35, with interest on the total sum at 5% per annum from the date of the trial to the date of completion, as well as costs and other repairs that the court deems appropriate. .
