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Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said discussions with six countries identified as “green zones” that Malaysia may open its borders to are in the preliminary stages

Ahmad, 54, who is also the Pontian Member of Parliament, initially filed the application on Feb 14 in the Sessions Court where he was charged. He applied for the charges to be dropped on the grounds that they are baseless and contravene the laws.

The court has also rejected Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir's injunction application to remain as Bersatu deputy president.

During cross-examination by lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today, Ali said he was surprised to learn that the NAD official had made an audio recording of the meeting, which was convened to discuss amendments to be made in the department's audit report on 1MDB.

Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said it turned out that his associate, Rahmat Hazlan, only had the flu.

Lead public prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram told High Court Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan he will seek to amend certain wording in the charge sheet tomorrow as he claimed that there were "typographical errors".

Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah had earlier told the court of the defence’s application to recuse Sri Ram in the case. Shafee argued that the matter should be resolved first because if the court were to proceed with the trial, it would be as if the application is non-existent or trivialised.

Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the man in question is a Pakistani national who works at a barbershop in Kuala Lumpur.

"What is certain is that when we reach the end of RMCO, we should have almost all of the economic sectors opened. But we need to make sure the number of daily cases does not increase."

Chief statistician of Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin further said that in the normal business environment, it is estimated that the sales of wholesale and retail trade fell RM45 billion in April 2020.