It is ‘abnormal’ and ‘unprecedented’ for the National Audit Department to make amendments on a finalised audit report prepared by the department itself, said former Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang in the High Court, here today.
“...and I find it very insulting for the auditee to be given the honour to read my report page by page, paragraph by paragraph. I was told to keep my opinion to myself, or write a book about it... so how would I be happy,” he said in the trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Arul Kanda who were charged with tampering with the 1MDB final audit report.
The Feb 24, 2016 meeting in question was the 1MDB Audit Report coordination meeting, chaired by Ali which was held on the instruction of Najib.
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