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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) –– Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and three former chief
justices are among 16 witnesses to be called to testify in the Royal Commission
of Inquiry into the controversial "Lingam" video clip.
The list was released by conducting officer Datuk Nordin Hassan reading out his
opening statement at the hearing which started today.
The three chief justices are Tun Mohd Eusoff Chin, Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah
and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, who retired last year.
Also in the list are business tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, Tan Sri
Samsudin Osman, the lawyer implicated in the video clip, Datuk V.K. Lingam, and
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Anti–Corruption Agency officers Shahadan Mohd Yatim, Chuah Lay Choo and Wan
Zulkefli Wan Jusoh, lawyer R.Sivarasa, Anwar's special assistant, Sim Tze Tzin,
Mohd Zabri Adil Talib and Pushpa binti Al Bakri Devadason.