Taxman files to strike out Shafee's counterclaim

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The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) now seeks to strike out Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s counterclaim against it linked to the former’s RM9.41 million tax suit against the lawyer.Acting for the government, IRB contended that Shafee’s counterclaim against it was an abuse of court process and discloses no reasonable cause of action.On Sept 28, it was reported that Shafee (above) filed the counterclaim against IRB, in response to the tax authority’s suit to recover RM9.41 million in tax arrears from him.Through the counterclaim, Shafee claimed that the tax suit against him was mala fide (in bad faith) due to his legal representation of Najib Abdul Razak in the former prime minister’s 1MDB-linked criminal cases, among other cited reasons.The lawyer, who claimed to have suffered loss of reputation and loss of business in his legal practice due to the tax suit, is, among others, seeking ge…