KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23 -- The High Court has granted the Malaysian government a judgment in default (JID) against 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) former general counsel or in-house lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, in the lawsuit over the RM2.496 million in taxes that she has yet to pay to the government.

In a report by local business daily The Edge's news portal The Edge Markets, High Court judge Datuk Azimah Omar issued the JID on February 18 (last Thursday), following an online hearing attended by Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Nabil Abdul Halim for the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

The news report stated that no lawyer appeared on behalf of Loo.

The news report cited an anonymous source as confirming that the court had recorded a j...