The application of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak to strike out a bankruptcy notice issued against him for failing to pay additional tax arrears of RM1.69 billion to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) as ordered by the High Court last year will be heard on Dec 7.

Najib’s lawyer Wee Yeong Kang, informed this when contacted by reporters after the case management, via e-review today, before High Court deputy registrar Ida Rahayu Sharif...