Govt trying to make Najib a bankrupt over unpaid taxes, says lawyer Shafee

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah says the former prime minister did not have the resources to pay the tax owed. FMTNews NajibRazak ShafeeAbdullah

Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah says former prime minister Najib Razak will not have any remedy once the IRB obtains a summary judgment from the court.

“Once my client is labelled a bankrupt, he will be out of the political arena,” Shafee submitted in applying to stay a suit brought by the Inland Revenue Board . He said under the law, a person must settle the outstanding amount even though an appeal had been made before the Special Commissioners of the IRB to review the assessment of tax.

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