RM67.9m tax suit filed against alleged Jho Low associate
Modified8 Feb 2021, 7:46 am
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Alleged Low Taek Jho associate, Tan Kim Loong, has been slapped with a government lawsuit seeking RM67.9 million in purported unpaid taxes.
The government filed the writ of summons against 1MDB-linked Tan at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Jan 15.
According to a copy of the cause papers, the government is seeking a total of RM67,996,891.87 in alleged unpaid taxes for the assessment years 2010 to 2013.
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The order was made by High Court judicial commissioner Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad in proceedings this afternoon.
Lawyer Kwan Will Sen from Messrs Lim Chee Wee Partnership for PIA confirmed the decision today.
“The lessor, Peregrine Aviation Charlie Ltd, and PIA, have arrived at an amicable settlement of the dispute between them. Peregrine has agreed to withdraw its suit against PIA and for the injunction orders to be set aside.
“With this, the two Boeing aircraft operated by PIA would be released with immediate effect,” Kwan told
theedgemarkets.com.
Kwan appeared with Joyce Lim while Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd (MASSB) were represented by Shannon Rajan.
Muda goes to court over registration as political party
Modified24 Jan 2021, 1:52 pm
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The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) has gone to court to be registered as an official political party.
This followed on the heels of the Registrar of Societies (ROS) rejecting Muda’s registration application via email on Jan 6.
In a separate email, the ROS also rejected Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s (Pejuang) application to be officially registered as a political party.
Through law firm Messrs Sreenevasan, Muda filed the judicial review leave application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Jan 12.
Among the 13 judicial review leave applicants is.