THE Federal Court has fixed June 14 to hear Najib Tun Razak and his son Nazifuddin’s appeals against the summary judgments obtained by Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to recover more than RM1.7 billion in tax arrears from them. 

Lawyer Wee Yeong Kang, who represented Najib and Mohd Nazifuddin, said Deputy Registrar Suhaila Haron set the date during case management today. 

“The hearing of the appeal will be conducted online at 9am,” he said. 

The former prime minister and his son are appealing against High Courts’ decisions in allowing IRB’s applications to enter summary judgments over the income tax arrears. 

Two separate High Courts had allowed the IRB’s applications to enter summary judgments to recover tax arrears of RM1.69 billion from Najib and RM37.6 million from Nazifuddin for the period between 2011 and 2017. 

A summary judgment is obtained when the court decides on a case through written submissions, without a full trial. 

Both Najib and Nazifuddin lost their appeals to set aside the summary judgments in the Court of Appeal in September 2021. On May 10 last year, the Federal Court granted them leave to pursue their appeals in the Federal Court. – Bernama, March 6, 2023.