Bid to stay RM9.41m tax suit against Shafee abuse of court process: IRB

Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s application to stay the RM9.41 million tax suit against him is an “abuse of court process”, claimed the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

Shamsul Effendi Khamis, who is a principal assistant director in the Control Unit of IRB’s Kuala Lumpur Branch, made this assertion in an affidavit filed in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur two days ago (Jan 26).

The IRB was objecting to...