Lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, representing Mohd Nazifuddin, told reporters that judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim refused to grant his client's application on grounds that there were no special circumstances to warrant a stay of the proceedings. On April 11, last year, Mohd Nazifuddin filed an application for a stay of proceedings of the case pending his appeal on the amount of additional tax assessments required to be paid by him to IRB. The IRB via the Malaysian Government filed a writ of summons against Mohd Nazifuddin on July 24, last year. It claimed that Mohd Nazifuddin, 37, still had unpaid taxes for the assessment years from 2011 to 2017 as stated through the assessment notice dated March 15,2019. On Feb 28, the High Court here dismissed Najib's application for a stay of proceedings of the IRB suit seeking the former prime minister to pay RM1.69bil in income tax, pending an appeal on the tax assessment to IRB.

Source: The Star March 02, 2020 09:00 UTC