Shafee applied to stay the proceeding pending disposal of his appeal to the Special Commissioners of Income Tax of Malaysia.

Lawyer Wee Yeong Kang, representing Shafee, said judicial commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain set the date after hearing submissions by both parties during an online proceeding today.

“The decision will be delivered online (via Zoom) at 11am,” he told reporters.

However, Wee said the date for the hearing of Shafee’s appeal at the Special Commissioner of Income Tax Malaysia had not yet been fixed.

Shafee, 70, filed the application on Nov 3 last year. He is seeking, among others, an order for the proceedings to be temporarily suspended pending the outcome of an application filed by former prime minister Najib Razak and his son, Nazifuddin, regarding income tax payments amounting to RM1.69 billion and RM37.6 million, respectively.

Among the grounds he cited was that he had filed a notice of appeal against the notices on additional assessment for the assessment years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016, to the IRB on June 27, 2019, apart from the existence of special circumstances that warrant the stay.

On Sept 27 last year, the IRB applied for its suit against Shafee, which was filed on May 6, to be decided through summary judgment, on the grounds that he had failed to pay the income tax arrears amounting to RM9,414,708.32 within the stipulated time.

Shafee is also facing two charges of receiving RM9.5 million in proceeds from unlawful activities from Najib, and two charges of making false declarations to the IRB.