Doctor denies evading taxes on more than RM25mil of his earnings

Tuesday, 09 Aug 2016


KUALA LUMPUR: A cardiologist claimed trial to charges of failing to declare more than RM25mil of his earnings over five years to the Inland Revenue Board.

Dr Lee Chiang Heng, 57, has been accused of wilfully evading taxes by partially omitting the earnings made through Klinik Dr Lee Chiang Heng and his monthly salary in Glen­eagles Hospital, which came up to RM25,063,265 from 2007 to 2011.

This would have amounted to RM6,567,992.59 in income tax that was not paid, the charge sheet said.

Of the RM6.5mil that Dr Lee is accused of not paying throughout the five years, RM638,171.20 was not paid for the year-of-assessment in 2007, RM1,282,035.16 (2008), RM1,415,004.68 (2009), RM1,549,877.13 (2010) and RM1,682,903.82 (2011).”

Dr Lee was charged with five counts of wilful evasion under Section 114(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act.

If convicted, Dr Lee could face a minimum fine of RM1,000 and not more than RM20,000, up to three years imprisonment, or both.

He would also have to pay special penalties three times the amount he failed to pay for each charge, totalling RM19,703,977.77.

Dr Lee was not present in court yesterday due to “unavoidable” matters.

Dr Lee had a letter permitting him to send a representative yesterday.

One of his staff Mohd Idham Omar pleaded not guilty on behalf of Dr Lee to the five counts of wilful evasion.

Magistrate Siti Radziah Kamarudin then set Sept 20 for mention.

45k is sort of the median, while the superstars pull in at least 200k a mth

direct from the horse's mouth a.k.a a Managing Director of a certain large private hospital operator in Malaysia