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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 07:51pm |
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©Bernama (Used by permission)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Bernama) -- Lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam said he would answer
personally with regard to his stand on the video clip purportedly showing him
brokering the appointment of judges with Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim.
His counsel, R. Thayalan, informed the five-member Royal Commission of Inquiry
chaired by Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor of his client's instruction today.
Yesterday, Commissioner Mahadev Shankar asked Thayalan what his client's stand
was on the controversial video clip following the findings of a computer
forensic expert, Mohd Zabri Adil Talib from Cybersecurity Sdn Bhd, confirming
that the video clip was authentic and did not contain any signs of tampering.
Shankar also wanted to know whether Lingam was taking the stand to admit or
refute making the conversation on the handphone.
"My instruction was that these questions would be answered by him personally
when he comes to the court to testify.
"He (Lingam) doesn't want me to make any admission or otherwise," he said.
Thayalan also informed the court that he had sent the expert's report on the
authenticity of the video clip for further examination by experts in the United
Kingdom and United States.
This was necessary for him to cross-examine Mohd Zabri, he said.
Haidar then asked Thayalan how long he needed to examine the report, explaining
that the commission had limited time to complete its task.
Thayalan said the experts would not take more than a week to "have a look" at
the report.
The other commissioners are former chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri
Steve Shim Lip Kiong, former solicitor-general Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah and
Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.
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