Article type: free User access status: 3KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here allowed former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pic) to withdraw his application to strike out the Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) application for a summary judgment. Judge Datuk Azimah Omar, in a decision made in chambers, allowed Tengku Adnan’s application with an order for him to pay RM2,000 to IRB. Present at the proceedings were Tengku Adnan’s lawyer, Bahari Yeow Tien Hong, and IRB’s senior counsel, Al-Hummidallah Idrus. The IRB filed the application on Sept 11, seeking RM57.17mil in income tax arrears for the period between 2012 and 2017 from the former Umno secretary-general. On July 24, the Malaysian government filed a writ of summons and a statement of claim through the IRB in the High Court here, naming Tengku Adnan as the defendant.

Source: The Star November 04, 2019 23:37 UTC