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Over RM5.5 mil in tax arrears: high court tells Shafee Abdullah to pay up

This follows the decision of the same court on December 15 which allowed the IRB's application to obtain a direct judgment in its suit against the senior lawyer to obtain arrears of income tax for the Assessment Years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. 

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