News about Ali Hamsa

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): Secretary-general to the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) Datuk Seri Mohd Zuki Ali (pictured) has been appointed the new chief secretary to the government, effective tomorrow (Jan 1, 2020), according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Former Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang had the impression that the government was "worried" about the final draft of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report before it was presented to the parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the High Court heard today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Former auditor-general (AG) Tan Sri Ambrin Buang was told to keep his feelings to himself after he got frustrated on several occasions in the meeting with top government officials dated Feb 24, 2016 to amend a finalised audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Former auditor-general (AG) Tan Sri Ambrin Buang told the High Court that he agreed to amend the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) on former Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak's instruction, because the latter had promised him a thorough probe into 1MDB.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa told the High Court today that following the Feb 24, 2016, coordination meeting he chaired, it was agreed that all the original 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit reports which were initially prepared by the National Audit Department would be shredded.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): The prosecution in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy is now playing an audio recording of a coordination meeting on Feb 24, 2016, which was chaired by the then-chief secretary to the government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Former Auditor-General (A-G) Tan Sri Ambrin Buang had agreed to omit Low Taek Jho's attendance in a 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) board meeting from an audit report on the troubled fund to prevent the Opposition from "manipulating" the matter, a witness testified today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had lost trust in former Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, and when then deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had raised the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) issue in cabinet, this may have led to both losing their posts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa told the High Court today that then Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had expressed his dissatisfaction with the contents of the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) which was to be tabled before the Public Accounts Committee.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Bakar, the current Treasury Secretary-General, has been appointed as the new and 14th Chief Secretary to the government, effective tomorrow.