COMMENT | RM1.69 billion. That is the amount the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) is seeking from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak in unpaid taxes and penalties covering multiple years.

His son, Nazifuddin Najib, is also facing separate tax enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings.

Both cases are still in court. We know that the longer this drags on, the easier it becomes for the real issue to disappear.

And the question is becoming harder to ignore: why does resolution take so long, when everyone else is expected to pay first and argue later?

Over the days and weeks...