The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip has recommended that former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad be investigated under various laws for his role in the appointment of judges.Other persons also named to face possible action are former chief justices Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim and Eusoff Chin, senior lawyer VK Lingam, former minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and business tycoon Vincent Tan.
In its 186-page report, the commission recommended that they be investigated under a slew of laws - Sedition Act, Official Secrets Act, Penal Code and obstruction of justice.
De facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim today said that the cabinet has directed the Attorney General's Chambers to institute immediate investigations against the six.
Earlier, Zaid said that the government has decided to release the commission's report to the public.
The four-volume report will be sold at RM542.10 and be available from tomorrow.
Copies of the report were not distributed to the media today but Zaid read out one paragraph.
"We are of the view that there was conceivably an insidious movement by VK Lingam with covert assistance of his close friends Vincent Tan and Tengku Adnan Mansor to involve themselves actively in the appointment of judges, in particular the appointment of Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim as Chief Judge of Malaya, and subsequently as the Chief Justice."
tunku : how to take action against a prime minister who recommends the appointment of a judge which is his power/prerogative/jurisdiction? this is best pak lah can come up with.let see what the AG has to say about this or what will his investigation be.
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let them charge tun,he has nothing to hide.
divert from bigger issue... stupid...
what stupid investigation,
the is nothing they can prove, and tunku you're right, its the prime minister's prerogative so where is the wrongdoing of tun here?
What kind of Commission is this? Why don't they get the whole recording from that Loh before deciding? Why must he hide the rest of the tape? Perhaps other names implicated? And if someone is saying things behind my back, does it mean that whatever that person's said about me is true?
It's the PM's prerogative, how can this be wrong? I say it's a waste of public money. What is Pak Lah trying to do?? Tarnish the old man? Yup he's diverting the public from the bigger issues, just to win the bar council and the opposition.
Come on la man, how come candidate like this Loh, Hindraf (in-ISA) and many others won the election. The public is just fed-up with the current administration and the opposition put "tunggul" as candidate pun, they can win.
That good-for-nothing pak lah should get the message already!!
I'll remember him as Penghancur Bangsa, Agama dan Tanahair,
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