‘I did not pressure Ambrin’


Temperature check: Najib arriving at Duta Court Kuala Lumpur for the PAC trial. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa has denied ever threatening or pressuring for the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to be amended, the High Court heard.

The former Chief Secretary to the Government said he and former 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy had never threatened then Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang, whom he said he had known for almost 40 years, to amend the report.

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