By Lee Keng FattGEORGE TOWN: DAP chairman Karpal Singh has called on the attorney-general to immediately give him the authority to prosecute lawyer Datuk V. K. Lingam, who was caught on a video clip in 2007 allegedly lobbying for the appointment of judges.
Karpal said there had been no word on the matter since Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz requested for volunteers to prosecute Lingam.
"I am willing to volunteer my services as mentioned by Nazri, provided the attorney-general gives me the authority to act.
"The problem is that they have been silent on this matter since then," said Karpal.
He said he expected the attorney-general to give consent for him to act for the government to prosecute Lingam next week.
Last month, Nazri announced that Lingam had not broken the law.
However, he was later quoted as saying that charges would be brought against Lingam if someone could cite a section in the law which allowed this.
Nazri also said he would speak to the attorney-general if there was someone willing to prosecute Lingam and mentioned Karpal as being one of them.
In 2007, the government formed a royal commission of inquiry to investigate Lingam and several others who were implicated in the video.
The commission had found that wrongdoing had been committed and listed the laws that were breached.
The commission had also recommended further action be taken against the individuals involved, some of whom were mentioned in the video clip.
Karpal, who is the Bukit Gelugor member of parliament, said yesterday there was no reason for the attorney-general not to agree to allow him to prosecute Lingam.
"Nazri was the one who called for volunteers.
"I am offering myself and I am ready to prosecute Lingam for an offence under the Sedition Act," he told reporters after visiting his constituents with Seri Delima state assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer at the Air Itam wet market.
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