DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng today lodged a police report against Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin over the latter’s remarks regarding Lim’s revocation of tax exemption for the Albukhary Foundation.

“I have repeatedly stated that this (allegation) is untrue and I have never issued any letter to revoke the tax exemption given to the Albukhary Foundation.

“I have challenged Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to provide proof that I have revoked the tax exemption of the Albukhary Foundation,” he said when met by the media before filing the police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Lim, who is also Bagan MP, claimed the issue was deliberately played up to spread negative sentiments.

Muhyiddin, during a press conference outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya on March 9, claimed Lim had revoked the tax exemption previously granted to the Albukhary Foundation.

But Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday confirmed that Lim, as then finance minister, did not revoke the exemption given to the Albukhary Foundation.

Anwar said the allegation is untrue, and that the tax exemption for the Albukhary Foundation was only given on February 25, 2021, when Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional government was in power.

Anwar said under subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967, tax exemptions are not under the jurisdiction of ministers or the prime minister, but under the sole authority of the Inland Revenue Board director-general. – Bernama, March 22, 2023.