Application to suspend Ku Nan’s IRB proceeding on Jan 7
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set Jan 7 next year to hear the application by former Umno secretary general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to suspend the proceeding of a suit against him to seek RM57.17 million in income tax arrears for the period between 2012 and 2017.
Tengku Adnan sought to suspend the proceeding of the case until his appeal to review the tax assessment with Inland Revenue Board (IRB) is settled.
Counsel Bahari Yeow Tien Hong, who is representing Tengku Adnan told reporters that the date was fixed by High Court judge Datuk Azimah Omar after case management in her chambers today, which was also attended by senior revenue counsels Al-Hummidallah Idrus and Norhisham Ahmad representing IRB.
However, Bahari said the hearing application by IRB that the suit be decided through summary judgement without going through to trial was still pending in court.
A summary judgement is where the court decides on a certain case through arguments without hearing witness statements in the trial.
On Nov 4, Tengku Adnan withdrew his application to strike out summary judgement applied by IRB.
The government via IRB filed the suit on July 24 after charging Tengku Adnan as the defendant who is still owing income tax for the assessment years from 2012 to 2017 as stated in the Assessment Notice dated March 15 2019.
Bernama
