The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) was blasted today for not acting on “big sharks and crocodiles”, such as those allegedly involved in money laundering activities related to the 1MDB scandal.

Describing the culprits as “big economic criminals”, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng urged the IRB to desist from practising double standards and to go after young Penang-born businessman Low Taek Jho, who is linked to the 1MDB fiasco.

Lim said the IRB’s failure to act on Low, better known as Jho Low, merely shows that the board practises double standards and this would raise suspicion from the public if it was not doing its job to rein in tax evaders...