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Sivarasa and PKR worker face ACA ultimatum PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 05 October 2007 10:07am

©The Star (Used by permission)

PETALING JAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president R. Sivarasa and party worker Sim Tze Tzin have been told to disclose their source, who recorded the video clip of a lawyer allegedly brokering the appointment of judges, or face the music.

The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) issued an order yesterday for the two to disclose the name of their source or sources and hand over the remaining footage within seven days.

Failure to comply with the order will be considered a breach of Section 29(c) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 and offenders can be fined up to RM10,000 or jailed a maximum of two years.

Sivarasa and Sim are firm in keeping their sources' identity and the remaining video clip footage under wraps.

“If we have to take the punishment for protecting our sources, so be it. It seems now that the ACA is investigating the source of the complaint instead of the complaint itself,'' Sivarasa said.

He added that he and Sim could not hand over the remaining video footage because they were not in “physical possession” of it.

ACA officials are expected to record a statement from PKR de factor leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today.

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No basis at all
written by Derek John Fernandez, Friday, October 05 2007 11:53 am

There is no basis for the issuance of such an order unless the ACA has either technical evidence casting doubt on the authenticity of the tape or a recorded statement from Lingam stating that the tape is a fabrication and a recorded statement from the CJ saying that conversation never took place with him. THIS MUST BE DONE FIRST. Maybe the SOURCE should follow the rest and go into hiding UNTIL THESE STEPS ARE DONE FIRST, so that the risk of fabrication of evidence is reduced should the parties involved IF THEY ARE GUILTY , try to FABRICATE and Manufacture a story using information in the SOURCES STATEMENT. What about the panel of inquiry, does the source go there first or ACA? THE TECHNICAL AUTHENTICITY MUST BE ESTABLISED FIRST. WHY DONT THEY AS FOR THE FBI's help like in the NURIN case. THE ORDER should be challenged in court as it seems to be an unreasonable exercise of a statutory power as the basis for calling the source may not have been establised with crucial statements not taken beforehand.

Derek John Fernandez


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