In the lawsuit filed at the High Court here, the LHDN claimed that Zaidi, better known as Addy Kana, had failed to file his tax returns for 2018 and 2019.

It said Zaidi owed RM418,028 in 2018 and RM1 million the following year.

The LHDN said notices of assessment for the two years were mailed to Zaidi’s last known addresses on March 7, and that the notices were not returned to the department, indicating that they had been delivered.

Zaidi and two police officers were arrested under Poca last year over allegations that they were part of an online gambling syndicate.

Besides the three, another businessman, Goh Leong Yeong, known as Alvin Goh, was also arrested under the same act.

The Federal Court released Zaidi and the police officers earlier this year, after ruling that their detention was done in bad faith.

However, Goh is still being held at the Simpang Renggam detention centre as the Federal Court affirmed his Poca detention. He is seeking a review of the court’s decision.

The government is also seeking to forfeit funds kept in the accounts of Zaidi’s company (Nine Nine International Sdn Bhd) and that of his wife Alyaa Syuhaila Mohamad Shariff.

The accounts were frozen by the authorities last year as the funds allegedly came from illegal online gambling activities and cryptocurrency trading.