Tuesday, December 18, 2007

When will they set up the Royal Commission Of Inquiry for Anwar's Video?

Lawyer videoclip: Commission to call witnesses in Jan

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the controversial 'judge-brokering' videoclip will begin calling witnesses from Jan 14-25 to help in its investigations.
Commission chairman Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor said a list of witnesses would be proposed by deputy heads of prosecution from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk Nordin Hassan.
“The DPPs will assist the Commission in carrying out its tasks and have been given till the end of the month to come up with a list of witnesses.
“The list will then be scrutinised by the Commission in the first week of January; we will use our discretion in choosing the relevant witnesses to subpoena,” Haidar said after meeting with the four other commissioners at the Jalan Duta Court Complex here Tuesday.
The other members of the commission are former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, former Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former Solicitor General Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Suhakam commissioner Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.
The videoclip, first made public in September, shows a lawyer in a telephone conversation purportedly brokering the appointment of judges.
The Commission was formed to ascertain the authenticity of the videoclip, identify the speaker, the person he was speaking to and the persons mentioned in the conversation, ascertain the truth of the content of the conversation, determine whether any person identified or mentioned in the clip has committed any misbehaviour, and to recommend appropriate action against them.
Haidar said the Commission had also agreed in principle that inquiries would be heard in open court but cautioned that there may be instances where there would be closed-door inquiries if certain witnesses requested it.
He said March 11 was the last day for the Commission to hand in its report, although there was a provision to ask for an extension.
The Commission could also issue warrants of arrest to witnesses who do not turn up after being subpoenaed, he added.


2 comments:

din merican said...

Tunku,

I don't know who you are, but this is an old cock-up story. Don't waste public money. This is not on.

Anonymous said...

Not all Malaysians, in particular the Malays, forget things easily. To Anwar, "Jgn cuba menutup pekung di dada dgn membuka pekung org lain.BAWA-BAWALAH INSAF". Bertaubat atas kesalahan yg lalu dan mohon ampunlah pd Allah SWT.Allah itu Maha Pengampun selagi umatnya menyesali kesilapan yg lalu.