Media statement by Wee Choo Keong, Secretary–General of the
Malaysia Democratic Party (MDP) on 22–11–2007 in Kuala Lumpur.
Lingam said his brother is insane
Yesterday, Lingam produced a medical report purportedly from Dr Davedas. Mr
Thirunama has informed me that he had never received any medical report from Dr
Davedas and he was extremely surprised that Lingam had a copy of such a report.
If it was true that Lingam had a copy of such a medical report from Dr Davedas,
actions will be taken against him for breach of confidentiality.
Mr Thirunama had stated in his statutory declaration as follows:
1. that at that material time he didn’t lodge any report to the ACA and he
believes that the report may been lodged by other parties, who were being sued
by Lingam;
2. that one week before 08–03–1998 he was told by Lingam that all the members of
the family will be questioned by ACA on his corrupt practices with the judges,
former inspector general of police and the former Attorney–General, the late Tan
Sri Mohtar Abdullah;
3. that he was specifically asked by Lingam to hide in India, which he refused,
and Lingam asked him not to reveal anything to the ACA about him going to the
judges house and etc;
4. that after he gave his statement to the ACA for the first time on 08–03–1998,
Lingam and his sister used threats and emotional pressures to force him to
pretend to be a person of unsound mind;
5. that he was also asked by Lingam through his sister to go to his wife
company’s panel doctor, Dr David in PJ Old Town;
6. that Dr David then referred him to Dr Davedas and Dr Davedas prescribed some
medication for him;
7. that he did not consume a single tablet because he was not mentally sick; and
8. that these tablets have been deposited with a lawyer by Datuk Shafee
Abdullah, who was then acting for Mr Raphel Pura, a journalist from Asian Wall
Street Journal who was sued by Lingam, for safekeeping.
Lingam said he was cleared by ACA
I challenge Lingam to produce evidence stating that he was
cleared by ACA. The ACA had never made such a statement. In fact, the ACA deputy
director–general Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed told the reporter as follows:
“Other allegations in his (Mr Thiruna) report were related to the case Lingam was investigated on in 1998 and we have forwarded (the investigation papers to the A–G Chambers for further decision.”
From the above statement, the ACA never cleared Lingam and in fact the above
statement implied that the ACA is still waiting for instructions/decisions from
the Attorney–General Chambers.
It must be noted that the late Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah was the Attorney–General
from 1994 to 2000. At that material time, Tan Sri Mohtar was also heavily
implicated in Mr Thirunama’s police report and statement to the ACA in March
1998. Please refer to Mr Thirunama’s Kelana Jaya Report No: 002187 / 2007.
Therefore, even if there was a decision made by Tan Sri Mohtar to clear Lingam
such decision would be extremely questionable and contrary to the well
established Rules of Natural Justice i.e. one must not be a judge in his own
cause.
In the spirit of transparency and good governance, I call upon the
Attorney–General, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patial to act on the recommendations of the
ACA, which are 9 years over due, on the allegations against Lingam in 1998.