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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Bernama) -- Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Samsudin Osman told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip Wednesday that the appointment of Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim to top posts in the country's judiciary was in accordance with the Federal Constitution.

Samsudin, 60, who is now Putrajaya Corporation president, said that he was not influenced by anyone in Tun Ahmad Fairuz's appointments as Chief Judge of Malaya and Court of Appeal President.

Normally the Chief Justice would submit the list of names of the potential candidates, he said when questioned by conducting officer Datuk Nordin Hassan.

Samsudin is the sixth witness on the third day of the inquiry to ascertain the authencity of the video clip of a lawyer purported brokering judicial appointments with a senior judge.

He said that as chief secretary to the government, he headed the secretariat which handled the appointments of high court judges, the chief judges of Malaya and Sabah and Sarawak, Court of Appeal President and the Chief Justice.

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