Court orders Najib's son to pay RM13.1m tax

The Shah Alam High Court has ordered former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's son, Mohamad Nizar, to pay RM13.1 million in unpaid taxes over a seven-year period from 2011.

In a 14-page written judgment dated Sept 25, Judicial Commissioner Julie Lack Abdullah ruled that it is settled law that a person must first pay the owed taxes to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) before appealing to the Special Commissioners of Income Tax (Scit)...