KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian government has filed two lawsuits claiming millions in tax arrears from two former senior officials of 1Malaysia Development Berhad , who were wanted in Malaysia for investigations into the massive financial scandal and later charged along with fellow fugitive Low Taek Jho.
The government said IRB had issued separate notices all dated October 19, 2020 to Loo to claim RM1,495,366.08 and RM571,979.72 in additional assessed taxes for 2012 and 2014, RM75,292.96 income tax assessed for 2016, RM76,510.72 and RM50,062.40 for 2017 and 2018.All these notices were sent on November 18, 2020 to Loo’s last known address in Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, but there has been no response.
Separately, the Malaysian government filed a similar lawsuit against 56-year-old Tang Keng Chee – better known as 1MDB’s former executive director for business development Casey Tang – to claim income taxes owed amounting to RM6,779,852.36 or almost RM6.8 million. If the taxes owed by both Loo and Tang were combined, it would be RM9.3 million of taxes that they have yet to pay the Malaysian government.
A comparison of the identity card numbers in the two lawsuits against Loo and Tang were shown to be the same as a poster posted on Facebook in July 2018 by BNM. At that time, the central bank was searching for these two individuals to help in investigations.
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