Nazifuddin Najib
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{{Malay name|note=on|Nazifuddin|Najib}}
{{Short description|Malaysian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Nazifuddin Najib
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'
| honorific_suffix = DIMP
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| office = Secretary General of the
Olympic Council of Malaysia
| term_start = 5 May 2018
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| president = Mohamad Norza Zakaria
| predecessor = Low Beng Choo
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|13|df=yes}}
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| education = American Intercontinental University (BBA)
Cass Business School (MBA)
| occupation = Businessman
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| parents = Najib Razak (father)
Puteri Zainah Eskandar (mother)
| relations = Abdul Razak Hussein (grandfather)
Rahah Noah (grandmother)
Nizar Najib (brother)
Onn Hafiz Ghazi (second cousin)
Nazir Razak (uncle)
| website = {{url|nazifnajib.com/}}
| native_name = نظيف الدين نجيب
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Mohd Nazifuddin bin Mohammad Najib ({{langx|ms-Arab|نظيف الدين نجيب|label=Jawi}}, {{IPA|ms|nazifuddin}}; born 13 December 1983) or more commonly known as Nazif Najib is a Malaysian businessman and son of Najib Razak, a former Prime Minister of Malaysia. On 24 July 2019, the government filed a tax evasion lawsuit through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), against Nazifuddin to claim RM37.6 million in unpaid taxes for the period from 2011 till 2017.{{Cite web|last=Rashid|first=Hidir Reduan Abdul|date=2019-08-08|title=Najib's son Nazifuddin hit with RM37.6m tax suit|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/487126|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Malaysiakini}} On 18 May 2021, he was served with a bankruptcy notice following his failure to pay RM37.6 million in taxes owed to the IRB.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=After Najib, IRB moves to declare his son a bankrupt |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2021/05/691079/after-najib-irb-moves-declare-his-son-bankrupt |website=New Straits Times}}
Early life
He started a degree in computer science at the University of Nottingham, but soon changed to study international business at American Intercontinental University in 2002, where he obtained a bachelor's degree. He then enrolled at Cass Business School at City University where he graduated with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
Controversies and issues
=Panama Papers=
Nazifuddin has been named in the Panama Papers, and has responded that he is no longer involved in the two companies involved in the data leak.{{cite web |author=Victoria Brown |date=24 January 2014 |title=Nazif Najib: Ties cut with companies implicated in Panama Papers - Nation | The Star Online |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/04/05/nazif-najib-says-ties-cut-with-companies-implicated-in-panama-papers/ |access-date= |website=Thestar.com.my}}
Nazifuddin further stated, "I held directorships in two companies based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI): Jay Marriot International and PCJ International Venture Limited. These companies were incorporated by the international law firm Mossack Fonseca," and that he had transferred all of his Jay Marriot shares to fellow director Ch'ng Soon Sen's sister and had resigned in 2011, and that PCJ was shut down a year after its 2013 foundation and had had no business transactions.
=Wining and dining with Taiwanese actress in Taipei=
On 5 July 2018, Nazifuddin had set social media on fire after he was spotted wining and dining Taiwanese actress Celia Chang in Taipei. Taiwanese portal Apple Daily said the pair were seen dining at a steakhouse and having a massage at a top luxury shopping district near Taipei 101.{{Cite web|last=Tang|first=Ashley|date=6 July 2018|title=Najib's son spotted with Taiwan actress in Taipei's top shopping district|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/07/06/najib-son-spotted-with-taiwan-actress-in-taipei-top-shopping-district|access-date=|website=The Star|language=en}}
DAP's Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang has weighed into Nazifuddin wining and dining with Celia Zhang.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=Kit Siang wonders if there's more to Nazifuddin's date with actress |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/433323 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}{{blockquote|Despite much ink being spilled over Nazifuddin’s Taiwan visit a day after Najib’s four corruption charges in Kuala Lumpur, the most important question seemed to have been missed, i.e. what was Nazifuddin doing in Taiwan and what was his most important agenda in his quick one-day trip to Taiwan – as very few would believe that the whole purpose of Nazifuddin’s quick one-day trip to Taiwan as just to have a rendezvous of wine and food with Celia.}}{{blockquote|Only Nazifuddin can answer this question. Will he do so?|Lim Kit Siang}}
Pemantau Malaysia Baru president Lokman Noor Adam said it is the prerogative of Nazifuddin as a private person to travel to Taiwan.{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Koh Jun |date=7 July 2018 |title=At rally to support ex-PM, Lokman defends Najib's son's Taiwan trip |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/433091 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}
On 15 July 2018, Nazifuddin watching the World Cup final in Moscow has once again sparked controversy.{{Cite news |date=2018-07-16 |title=After Taiwan soiree, former Malaysian PM Najib's son Nazifuddin went to Moscow for the World Cup |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/after-taiwan-soiree-ex-pm-najibs-son-nazifuddin-went-to-moscow-for-the-world-cup |access-date= |issn=0585-3923}}{{Cite web |date=2018-07-17 |title=Chef Wan hits out at Najib's son for World Cup trip |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/434609 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}
=RM37.6 million in unpaid taxes=
On 24 July 2019, the government had filed a tax evasion lawsuit through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), against Nazifuddin to claim RM37.6 million in unpaid taxes since 2011 till 2017.{{cite news |date=8 August 2019 |title=IRB sues Najib's son over RM37.6m of unpaid taxes |work=Bernama |publisher=The Malay Mail |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/08/08/irb-sues-najibs-son-over-rm37.6m-of-unpaid-taxes/1778801 |access-date=}}{{Cite web |last=Rashid |first=Hidir Reduan Abdul |date=2019-08-08 |title=Najib's son Nazifuddin hit with RM37.6m tax suit |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/487126 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}
On 2 March 2020, Nazifuddin failed to obtain a stay on the RM37.6 million tax suit against him.{{Cite web |last=Rashid |first=Hidir Reduan Abdul |date=2 March 2020 |title=Najib's son Nazifuddin bid to stay RM37.6m tax suit dismissed |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/512911 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}
On 6 July 2020, the High Court has allowed an application for summary judgment to be entered in the IRB suit to recover RM37.6 million in unpaid taxes from Nazifuddin.{{Cite web |date=6 July 2020 |title=Court orders Najib's son Nazifuddin to pay RM37.6 million tax bill |url=https://headtopics.com/my/court-orders-najib-s-son-nazifuddin-to-pay-rm37-6-million-tax-bill-the-malaysian-insight-14141278 |access-date= |website=Head Topics |language=en}}{{Cite web |first=Timothy |last=Achariam |date=6 July 2020 |title=IRB obtains summary judgment in RM37.6m tax case against Najib's son |url=http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/irb-obtains-summary-judgment-rm376m-tax-case-against-najibs-son |access-date= |website=The Edge Markets}}
On 18 May 2021, he has been served with a bankruptcy notice following his failure to pay RM37.6 million in taxes he owes the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=After Najib, IRB moves to declare his son a bankrupt |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2021/05/691079/after-najib-irb-moves-declare-his-son-bankrupt |website=New Straits Times}}
On 16 October 2023, the Federal Court ruled Nazifuddin and Najib need to settle RM37.6 million and RM1.69 billion in unpaid taxes and penalties respectively.{{Cite web |last=Khairulrijal |first=Rahmat |date=2023-10-16 |title=Federal Court rules Najib and son to settle RM1.69 bil in unpaid taxes |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2023/10/967580/federal-court-rules-najib-and-son-settle-rm169-bil-unpaid-taxes |access-date= |website=NST Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=Federal Court rules Najib, son have to settle over RM1.69bil in unpaid taxes |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/10/16/federal-court-rules-najib-son-have-to-settle-over-rm169bil-in-unpaid-taxes |access-date= |website=The Star |language=en}}
Honours
- {{Flag|Pahang}} :
- 50px Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2015){{cite web
|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat}}