The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) now seeks to strike out Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s counterclaim against it linked to the former’s RM9.41 million tax suit against the lawyer.

Acting for the government, IRB contended that Shafee’s counterclaim against it was an abuse of court process and discloses no reasonable cause of action.

On Sept 28, it was reported that Shafee (above) filed the counterclaim...