Naimah granted leave to challenge LHDN’s RM313.8mil tax claim

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Her counsel says the High Court was satisfied that her application for leave had merit.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/22/naimah-granted-leave-to-challenge-lhdns-rm313-8mil-tax-claim  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/22/mahkamah-benar-semakan-kehakiman-naimah-batal-cukai-rm313-juta  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NaimahKhalid #InlandRevenueBoard #TaxClaim

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00:00The High Court has granted leave to Naima Khalid, the widow of former Finance Minister

00:06Daim Zainuddin, to commence judicial review proceedings to challenge the Inland Revenue

00:10Board's tax claim of RM313.8 million.

00:16Her counsel, S. Saravana Kumar, said the court was satisfied that his client's application

00:21for leave had merit, Burnama reported.

00:24Speaking outside the courtroom, S. Saravana Kumar said Justice Shana Sulaiman held that

00:30Naima's application was neither frivolous nor vexatious and that it raised legal questions

00:35warranting a substantive hearing.

00:38On October 18, 2024, the same court dismissed Naima's application for a temporary stay of

00:44the order, requiring her to settle RM313.82 million in income tax arrears to the LHDN.

00:51The court had ruled that there were no exceptional circumstances to justify the stay and affirmed

00:57that LHDN was empowered under the Income Tax Act 1967 to enforce collection.

01:04However, on October 28, 2024, the Court of Appeal unanimously allowed Naima's application

01:09for a temporary stay of the payment order.

01:13Donish Rajareza, FMT

01:16OCHT

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