Brother of 'Datuk Nicky' freed from tax evasion, money laundering charges


SHAH ALAM: The Sessions Court here on Monday (July 24) acquitted and discharged the younger brother of businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee from tax evasion and money laundering charges.

Judge Norazlin Othman ordered Liow Wei Kin, 30, to be freed after his lawyer Datuk Rajpal Singh informed the court that his client had paid RM4.147mil in unpaid taxes, special penalty, fine and compound for his money laundering charges to the government.

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