IRB seizes Lee Kim Yew’s fixed deposits in foreign bank


This is the latest in the case of companies being forced to sell assets in order to pay tax bills. On Monday, MK Land Holdings Bhd also disposed of a parcel of leasehold land in Kamunting Perak for RM72mil. (File pic of Lee Kim Yew)

PETALING JAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has seized Country Heights Holdings Bhd’s (CHHB) executive chairman and major shareholder Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew’s fixed deposits placed with a foreign-owned bank amounting to RM126mil.

Lee understood that it was in relation to a tax liability of CHHB’s wholly owned subsidiary, Country Heights Sdn Bhd (CHSB).

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