Money laundering, income tax evasion charges: No provision in Income Tax Act prevents prosecution against Rosmah, High Court told

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The High Court was today told that there was no provision in the Income Tax Act 1967 that prevented Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor from being prosecuted on charges of money laundering and failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board .

This is because the court will judge all the charges made against her according to the criminal jurisdiction provided in the law, he added. “There is no provision under the framework of the Income Tax Act 1967 that prevents or prohibits the prosecution of non-compliance under Section 77 of the same law unless and until the applicant’s dispute regarding the issue of taxable income is decided by SCIT,” he added.

“The reasons given by the applicant do not reflect the correct legal position. The issue of whether the description of the subject of the 13th to 17th charge amounts to the type of income that can be taxed is a question that is decided according to Section 4 of the same law and does not depend on the existence of any order, instruction, request nor assessment by the IRB,” he said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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