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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bukit Bintang MP Wee Choo Keong has called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the video clip in which a lawyer is alleged to have talked to a senior judge about judicial matters.

He said the video recording was a serious matter touching on the integrity of the judiciary.

Wee's name was among those mentioned by the lawyer during the conversation.

He claimed that the exposé, if true, coupled with the recent Court of Appeal decision to set aside an injunction obtained by MBF Holdings Bhd against him, would have vindicated him.

Wee was fined RM7,000 by the then Supreme Court for contempt arising from the injunction obtained by MBF a day before nomination day for the 1995 general election.

The Election Commission allowed him to contest the Bukit Bintang seat, which he won, but the Barisan Nasional candidate, Dr Lee Chong Meng, filed an election petition to disqualify him on the grounds that a person fined RM2,000 and above could not stand as candidate.

The then election judge did not order a by-election but instead ruled that Dr Lee be declared the new MP for the constituency.

At that time, the decision of the election judge was final.

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