1MDB audit report doctored as Najib unhappy with content; Jho Low's name removed

Former chief secretary to the government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, said Najib had given the instruction to him and the then-Auditor-General Tan Sri Amrin Buang after they were summoned to his office on Feb 22, 2016.

Ali, who is the fourth witness to be called in the trial involving Najib and former 1MDB chief executive Arul Kanda Kandasamy who are accused of tampering with 1MDB's audit report, said that after the meeting he was instructed to call for a coordination meeting between the National Audit Department and Arul Kanda to sort out the issue.

He said on the following day, a meeting involving all the parties was held but no minutes were recorded. Ali said Arul Kanda had voiced his disapproval on various matters in the 1MDB report by the National Audit Department."He insisted that they should not be in the report. He also insisted that the 1MDB audit report prepared by the National Audit Department be in accordance with what he wanted. I then asked Tan Sri Amrin to answer and reason on the matters raised by Arul Kanda."

"I asked Arul Kanda to explain and he admitted that there were two different versions of the financial statements. Ali then continued and said he wanted a police report to be lodged so that the authorities could investigate whether there were elements of fraud or concealment of facts with regard to the 2014 1MDB financial statement.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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