Najib, son fail to get Federal Court to hear constitutional issues linked to tax appeals

The Court of Appeal has set Sept 9 to hear appeals by former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and his son Mohd Nazifuddin in relation to taxation.

This followed on the heels of the three-person bench today denying an application by the duo’s lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to refer the appeals’ constitutional issues to the Federal Court.

Today, the Court of Appeal was initially set to...