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The Royal Commission found that “a compelling inference can reasonably and conceivably be drawn that Datuk V.K. Lingam was actively involved in the appointment of Tun Ahmad Fairuz as Court of Appeal president, with the possible aim of his further appointment to the post of Federal Court Chief Justice.”
On October 2009, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz said in a written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) that investigations showed no criminal offence had been committed in the appointment of judges.
After ACA officers investigated those involved in the video clip, it was concluded that there was no abuse of power, he claimed in Parliament.
Nazri said that the case was later classified by the Attorney-General as “no further action” as there were no suspects who could confirm the handling of documents in the appointment of High Court judges.
KUALA LUMPUR: Court of Appeal allowed lawyer V K Lingam and two ex-chief justices to challenge the findings of the Royal Commission against them.
It was a majority decision.
A Royal Commission of Inquiry was held after a secretly-recorded video clip showed the prominent lawyer allegedly being involved in brokering a deal over the appointment of judges.
The video clip which surfaced in 2007 implicated five people; Lingam, former chief justices Tun Eusoff Chin and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan and the then Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
It was a majority decision.
A Royal Commission of Inquiry was held after a secretly-recorded video clip showed the prominent lawyer allegedly being involved in brokering a deal over the appointment of judges.
The video clip which surfaced in 2007 implicated five people; Lingam, former chief justices Tun Eusoff Chin and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan and the then Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
The Royal Commission found that “a compelling inference can reasonably and conceivably be drawn that Datuk V.K. Lingam was actively involved in the appointment of Tun Ahmad Fairuz as Court of Appeal president, with the possible aim of his further appointment to the post of Federal Court Chief Justice.”
On October 2009, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz said in a written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) that investigations showed no criminal offence had been committed in the appointment of judges.
After ACA officers investigated those involved in the video clip, it was concluded that there was no abuse of power, he claimed in Parliament.
Nazri said that the case was later classified by the Attorney-General as “no further action” as there were no suspects who could confirm the handling of documents in the appointment of High Court judges.
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