PUTRAJAYA: Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan
Tengku Mansor, who had his statement recorded by Anti- Corruption Agency
officers recently over the “Lingam” video clip, said he was not perturbed by the
accusations.
He described the act by an opposition leader to link him with
the video clip, allegedly showing prominent lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam brokering
the appointment of top judges with a senior judge, as a political ploy to
discredit him.
Tengku Adnan said although he was a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of law at that time, he was not involved in the appointment of judges.
“This is a political gimmick by the (opposition) party.
“I took care of the law and related affairs but I had no right to be involved in
the appointment of judges, as the matter was the prerogative of certain people,”
he said at his ministry’s Hari Raya open house yesterday.
ACA director-general Datuk Ahmad Said Hamdan had said the ACA had recorded
statements from Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim and Tengku
Adnan in connection with the controversial video clip.
Ahmad Said had said the statements were recorded before Hari Raya and that the
ACA only needed the original unedited version of the video clip to facilitate
investigations.
Tengku Adnan said he did not respond to a question related to the issue brought
up by DAP chairman Karpal Singh in parliament recently as the matter was still
under investigation.
He said he would leave it to the ACA to decide.
“This case is still under investigation. I am talking about it today because you
(reporters) are asking me questions. Let the authorities complete their
investigations.”
ACA: Original copy must be handed in
PUTRAJAYA: The Anti-Corruption Agency has every right to demand the original
video clip allegedly showing senior lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam brokering judical
positions with a senior judge.
Sources said only the original video clip could verify the
truth of the allegations by Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim.
“How is the ACA going to be fair and just in its investigations if it is only
given a thumbdrive which contains the video clip, purportedly showing a copy of
the conversation?”
Sources also said since Anwar was the one responsible for the controversial
video clip, it was only right he hand over the original to the ACA.
“He should stop giving excuses. If the conversation or the video clip was not
tampered with, Anwar should not be scared. He should just hand over the original
to the ACA.”
On Friday, the former deputy prime minister filed an
application in the High Court to set aside the order issued by the
Anti-Corruption Agency asking him to hand over the original video clip.
Admit it. written by Raymond Yap Soon Hock,
Tuesday, October 30 2007 10:15 am
Rumour has it that Tengku Adnan and VK Lingam sit on the Board of several Berjaya Group companies. Can someone please confirm?
Raymond Yap Soon Hock
Wait for the right time written by Puteri Shehnaz Majid ,
Wednesday, October 31 2007 05:01 pm
I don't think Anwar is "scared". That is a self-serving and baseless comment. He has already said, and I believe him, that he will release the full clip at the right time.
He is probably waiting for the government to get itself caught up in a bungle, which I am sure this government would do with Nazri as its mouthpiece, minister for the CJ and so on, and then he will release it.
That is the only way to catch an executive who loves nothing better to do than to sweep things under the carpet. I don't mind waiting for the full clip to be released, if it is going to seriously embarrassment certain people in our government. I am glad PKR is being very smart about this.
Puteri Shehnaz Majid
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Rumour has it that Tengku Adnan and VK Lingam sit on the Board of several Berjaya Group companies. Can someone please confirm?
Raymond Yap Soon Hock