AUDIT TAMPERING TRIAL | Former chief secretary to the government Ali Hamsa testified at the Kuala Lumpur High Court that he was surprised to learn that a National Audit Department officer had recorded a meeting intended to discuss changes to be made in the department's audit report on 1MDB.

Ali said this while being cross-examined by lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah in former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1MDB audit report tampering trial.

He was asked about the action of NAD officer Nor Salwani Muhammad who...