PETALING JAYA: The Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) has recorded the statements
of two prominent people – a lawyer and a business tycoon – in connection with
the controversial video clip
purportedly showing a senior lawyer on the phone brokering the appointment of
judges.
Sources familiar with the investigations said ACA officers recorded the lawyer’s
statement on Monday while the businessman, whose name was mentioned several
times in the video, had his statement recorded last week.
They said ACA officers took several hours to record their statements.
ACA officials declined to comment as investigations were in progress.
Telephone calls made to the prominent lawyer's cellphone were answered by a man
who identified himself as friend of the lawyer.
The man said lawyer had left the cellphone with him after dinner last night.
It was learnt that the lawyer had returned from overseas last weekend.
Asked whether the lawyer had gone to the ACA to give a statement, he said the
lawyer had gone to ACA several days earlier.
The ACA has so far recorded statements from several people including Parti
Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who made public the
eight-minute video clip on Sept 19.
Following the revelation of the controversial video clip on Sept 19, the
government set up a three-man independent panel to investigate its authenticity.
The panel has been given 30 days from Sept 27 to complete its assignment and
report to the government.
The three-man panel is headed by former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar
Mohd Noor and assisted by former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shanker as
well as National Service Council chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
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