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KUALA LUMPUR: Tax-related cases of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his two sons involving a total of RM1.74bil in arrears will be available for case management in the Court of Appeal on December 16.
A check of the online electronic filing system showed that the three separate cases of Najib and his sons, Datuk Mohd Nizar, 42, and Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin, 35, would be brought before Deputy Registrar Mohd Khairi Haron through a same day electronic review.
Najib, 67, is appealing a High Court decision that allowed the summary judgment of the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN) against the deputy from Pekan, forcing him to pay an additional income tax totaling RM1.69 thousand million for the period between 2011 and 2017 to the government.
A summary judgment is when a court makes its decision without going to a full trial.
Supreme Court Justice Justice Ahmad Bache, in his ruling, said there were no probable issues to warrant a full trial in Najib’s case.
“Consequently, the court has no alternative but to pass summary judgment against the defendant for the amount claimed by the plaintiff,” he said.
On June 25, 2019, the government, through the LHDN, filed a lawsuit against Najib requesting payment of a total of RM1,692,872,924.83, with an interest of 5% per year from the date of the trial, as well as the costs and other repairs than the Court.
He also said that Najib was given 60 days to pay the taxes, but did not.
Najib’s sons are also appealing in their respective cases.
On September 25, the Shah Alam High Court ordered Nizar to pay RM 13.16 thousand in unpaid 2011 taxes to the LHDN.
In her 14-page ruling, Judicial Commissioner Julie Lack Abdullah ruled that there were no probable problems as the board’s claim against Nizar is not time-barred.
He added that it is an established law that a person who owes taxes must pay before appealing to the Special Commissioners of Income Tax (SCIT).
JC Julie also adopted the judgment of Judge Ahmad in the decision to pass summary judgment against Nizar.
On July 6, the Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge, Judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, rendered a summary judgment against Nazifuddin for owing taxes amounting to RM 37.6 thousand between 2011 and 2017, forcing him to pay the amount to the LHDN.
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