Two company directors charged with tax evasion in JB court

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A logistics company director and a construction company director were separately charged with tax evasion at the Johor Baru Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Oct 25).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mt4jrura  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A logistics company director was charged at the Johor Bahru magistrate's court on Wednesday

00:05 with tax evasion amounting to more than 550,000 ringgit.

00:10 Lua Wen Shin claimed trial after the charge against him was read out in English before

00:15 magistrate Nur Fatin Mohamed Farid.

00:18 The 41-year-old, who is the director of Narita Shipping and Transport Sendirian Berhad, was

00:24 accused of failing to submit the company's income statement to the Inland Revenue Board

00:28 director-general without a reasonable excuse between 2020 and 2021.

00:34 Nur Fatin set December 3 for next mention and handing over of documents.

00:39 At the same court, a construction company director was slapped with two charges of failing

00:43 to submit a personal income statement to LHDN for a period of five years, namely 2016, 2018,

00:50 2019, 2020 and 2021 amounting to 129,843 ringgit.

00:58 Fifty-one-year-old Shahid Azhar, Shahid Sahat, who was not represented, claimed trial after

01:03 the charges were read out to him.

01:05 Nur Fatin set November 28 for next mention and also advised Shahid Azhar to appoint a

01:11 lawyer.

01:12 Both Lua and Shahid Azhar were charged under Section 112, subsection 1A of the Income Tax

01:18 Act 1967.

01:20 They face a fine of not more than 20,000 ringgit or six months jail or both as well as a special

01:26 penalty of three times the tax amount upon conviction.

01:30 For more information, please visit www.fema.gov.au/counseling.

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