The order was issued by the High Court when Tang failed to enter an appearance following a lawsuit filed by the board.

The government said Tang had not paid his taxes between 2009 and 2017.

LHDN had placed advertisements on the lawsuit in a Malay daily and had gone to Tang’s home in Taman Endah, Sri Petaling, to serve the notice.

It was revealed during Najib Razak’s SRC International corruption trial that Tang and two others, namely former company counsel Loo Ai Swan (Jasmine) and executive Geh Choh Heng, had left Malaysia before the 2018 general election.

The trio were fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho’s (Jho Low) associates.

The authorities sought Interpol’s help to track down Loo, Tang, Geh as well as another Jho Low aide, Tan Kim Loong, over the 1MDB investigations. The four individuals and Low were also charged in absentia with criminal offences in relation to money amounting to US$1.17 billion (RM4.2 billion) in 2018.

LHDN had obtained default judgments in lawsuits against Loo and Tan for a total of RM70.4 million in tax arrears.

Loo’s Mont Kiara apartment was also auctioned off by a bank after she failed to service the loan she had taken.