Lim Guan Eng

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Guan Eng demands Muhyiddin apologise over Albukhary ... (The Sun Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has been asked to openly apologise over his remarks regarding the revocation o...

The prime minister said that under Subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967, tax exemptions were not under the jurisdiction of ministers or prime ministers, but was under the sole authority of the Inland Revenue Board director-general. Anwar said that the allegation was untrue and the truth was that Albukhary Foundation’s tax exemption was only given on Feb 25, 2021. During the Minister’s Question Time at the Dewan Rakyat today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim confirmed that Lim, as then-finance minister, did not ever revoke the tax exemption given to Albukhary Foundation as claimed.

PM: Lim did not revoke Yayasan Al-Bukhary's tax exemption (The Star Online)

ALLEGATIONS that Lim Guan Eng had revoked Yayasan Al-Bukhary's tax exempt status while he was Finance Minister are untrue, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri ...

So there’s a difference here; one can choose to donate to a party, and another can choose to donate to padi farmers. “RM60mil and 30% of profits were given to padi farmers. “The fact is that the approval was made on Feb 25, 2021, which is an approval (for tax exemption) that is unprecedented, involving Yayasan Al-Bukhary and the Al-Bukhary Group,” he said during Prime Minister Question Time (PMQT) in Parliament yesterday.

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Lim demands public apology from Muhyiddin (New Straits Times Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng has demanded Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to make an open apology over the latter's remarks on the revocation of Al-Bukhary ...

I hope this can be resolved with Muhyiddin apoogising to me," he added. "Legal action (on Muhyiddin) would not just be a civil case. "I hope he can act with dignity by retracting and apologising so this can be resolved, or else I will take the next step," he said at a press conference at the Parliament lobby here today.

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KINIGUIDE | How do foundations get and benefit from tax exemptions? (Malaysiakini)

This matter came to light on March 9, when Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin accused former finance minister Lim Guan Eng of revoking the tax ...

Lim has since denied any knowledge of cancelling the foundation’s tax-exempt status. Muhyiddin made this claim after he was questioned by the MACC, where among the issues raised by the anti-graft agency was the former prime minister’s acceding to the foundation’s appeal against the cancellation of the tax exemption. This matter came to light on March 9, when Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin accused former finance minister Lim Guan Eng of revoking the tax exemption granted to the Albukhary Foundation.

Guan Eng demands Muhyiddin's apology over Albukhary ... (The Malaysian Insight)

DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has told Perikatan Nasional leader Muhyiddin Yassin to openly apologise over his remarks regarding the revocation of Albukhary ...

The prime minister said under subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967, tax exemptions are not under the jurisdiction of ministers or prime ministers, but under the sole authority of the Inland Revenue Board director-general. During the Ministers’ Question Time at the Dewan Rakyat today, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim confirmed that Lim, as then finance minister, did not revoke the tax exemption given to Albukhary Foundation as claimed. Lim also told Muhyiddin to retract his statement immediately, providing the former prime minister till today to do so.

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'Don't be like Donald Trump', Guan Eng tells Muhyiddin (Malaysiakini)

DAP national chairperson Lim Guan Eng has warned Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin against mounting a racially charged election campaign based ...

"If we don't stop these (lies) then, they (PN) will use it in the next state elections. Speaking to reporters outside the Dang Wangi district police station, Lim said his police report against Muhyiddin was intended to prevent the matter from being used as campaign fodder for the upcoming six state elections. DAP national chairperson Lim Guan Eng has warned Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin against mounting a racially charged election campaign based on alleged slander linked to the Albukhary Foundation's tax-exempt status.

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Guan Eng lodges police report against Muhyiddin over 'dangerous ... (Malay Mail)

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng today said that he is lodging a police report against former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to ...

A guilty charge will be punished with imprisonment of up to two years, or a fine, or both. Kulasegaran, Ipoh Timur MP Howard Lee, and Jelutong MP RSN Rayer, among others. Section 499 is the offence of criminal defamation covering situations such as when words are published with the intention to harm or with the knowledge or with reason to believe that the accusation made will harm the reputation of any person, and is punishable under Section 500 with a maximum two-year jail term or fine or both.

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Stop acting like Trump, Guan Eng tells Muhyiddin (Free Malaysia Today)

After a claim that he cancelled the tax exemption status of the Albukhary Foundation, the former finance minister tells Muhyiddin Yassin not to resort to ...

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Guan Eng lodges report against Muhyiddin over tax exemption issue (New Straits Times Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has lodged a police report against Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the latter's remarks regarding ...

Guan Eng lodges report against Muhyiddin (The Malaysian Insight)

DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng today lodged a police report against Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin over the latter's remarks regarding Lim's revocation of ...

Anwar said the allegation is untrue, and that the tax exemption for the Albukhary Foundation was only given on February 25, 2021, when Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional government was in power. “I have challenged Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to provide proof that I have revoked the tax exemption of the Albukhary Foundation,” he said when met by the media before filing the police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today. “I have repeatedly stated that this (allegation) is untrue and I have never issued any letter to revoke the tax exemption given to the Albukhary Foundation.

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