JUDGMENT

Ahmad Bache J:

[Application For Stay Of Execution By The Defendant - Enclosure (94)]

A. Introduction

[1] In this case, the Plaintiff/Government of Malaysia ("the Plaintiff") vide encl (1) has filed a tax recovery action under the Income Tax Act 1967 (" ITA 1967") against the Defendant who was a former Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance of Malaysia, for the payment of additional income tax for the year of assessment 2011 (additional) to the year of assessment 2017 (additional) for an amount of about RM1.7 billion, which is due and payable to date to the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff, vide encl (6), has made an application to move this Court for a summary judgment to be entered against the Defendant for the amount sought by the Plaintiff.

[2] After hearing submissions by parties, this Court had on 22 July 2020 allowed the Plaintiff's application and allowed a summary judgment for a judgment sum of RM1,692,872,924.83 to be entered against the Defendant ("Summary Judgment dated 22 July 2020"). To understand the fact of the case, the full judgment is reported in "The Government of Malaysia v. Mohd Najib bin Haji Abd Razak [2020] MLRHU 998, [2020] 12 MLJ 580". The Defendant ha