MORE PICS & Video ? Probe Panel Appointed; Najib: Don't Questioned ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-04-08 03:35:31
ACA Grills PKR Sivarasa - 2 hrs On Video Clip; Haidar Conflict of Interest Malaysiakini latest story is Onshowing PKR objected to Haidar's Appointment. DAP came out with the same arguments as those suggested by PKR much earlier. advance PKR questioned Haidar
conflict of interest being a trustee of Mahathir's Perdana Leadership Foundation. The Deputy Priemer has formally appointed the 3-member independent and their task isto determine the authenticity of the Video Clip. But how can they do the assign properly when they had at hand only the 8-min Video Clip. If they aree not privy to the beat 14-min cut in which - "Datuk V. K. Lingam (the senior lawyer in the video) telling the populate in the dwell after the telephone conversation that he was speaking to (Chief Justice)". Further more the panel "not being able to
give protection for witnesses" would be a handicap. Apparently they are finding a way out of this problem. ABOVE: adorn members with their Appointment Letters with DPM & Government Chief Secretary (Left)= = == =ABOVE: chairman
no one should dispute the integrity of the three members of an independent adorn set up to determine the authenticity of a video clip on a telephone conversation by a lawyer on the appointment of judges. "They are of the highest integrity. Do not question their integrity. There is no challenge of the `other' dwell (appointment from among the opposition). Do not alter their appointment," he told reporters after presenting Aidilfitri goodies for Armed Forces personnel at the Defence Ministry here. Najib had on Tuesday announced the appointment of the independent adorn comprising former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor as the head and National Service Council Chairman and social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye and former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar as the members. The eight-minute video shows a man purported to be a senior lawyer talking on his handphone and seemingly brokering the appointment of judges. Najib also said that as of now the government had no intend to set up a judicial commission for the appointment of judges. Replying to a question he said a meeting would be arranged with the panel to determine the time it would require to end its inform. "We can only say that the report will be ready `soon' as only the panel can cause and announce how much time it ordain need to complete the report," he said.[…]= == = = == =
after an hour-long meeting with Deputy Prime attend Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan in the fix Minister's Office here the three panel members appealed for time for them to lay down before answering more questions.
- If it is ONLY to determine the authenticity then it can be done in a few minutes if the main actor (V K Lingam) is located by phone. He has reportedly absconded overseas (where else but in India?) and cannot be reached. He may never come approve here to approach the music and compel he has brought to the Judiciary. The Bar Council committee has instituted procedure to "get at him"
Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor (ABOVE) a former Chief adjudicate of Malaya said the panel ordain be using the Prime attend's Department's legal department as its secretariat office and all logistic and administrative matters will be decided when they meet next. "Let us lay down. We just got our appointment letters and when everything is finalised.. we ordain call for another touch conference to let you know on how we are going to move including our terms of reference," said Haidar.
Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye (ABOVE was "speechless") looked on without commenting. On concerns over the panel's legal cater to summon witnesses. Haidar said his team will be finalising that when they cater. He hinted where they ordain derive their powers when he said they ordain be seeking the cooperation of
government agencies desire the police and Anti-Corruption Agency for this process. Asked for his comments on opposition parties and others questioning his credibility especially in relation to his role in the 1988 judicial crisis. Haidar said: "We can't stop people from questioning our credibility. I have a job to do and I will do it."
no plan to do so. An edited version of a video clip of a telephone conversation between a lawyer and a "Datuk" believed to be a senior judge was yesterday handed over to the Anti-Corruption Agency but the name of the source was kept secret. The handover took place at the ACA headquarters in Putrajaya four hours before Deputy Prime attend Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak issued appointment letters to the three men who ordain man the Special Independent Investigation Panel to determine the recording is authentic or a clever re-create.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah hands over the video clip to the ACA but refuses to reveal the identity of the person who recorded it in keeping with the person's request. This is the edited version that runs for about 8 minutes. The full version is about 14 minutes long. *
Sivarasa says: "The other move of the clip clearly shows Datuk V. K. Lingam and his telling the people in the room after the telecommunicate conversation that he was speaking to Tun Ahmad Fairuz."
* He says they ordain work with the Investigation Panel but will have to get permission from the source before screening the 14-minute long clip which will compromise his identity. At the Prime Minister's Office:
Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan for an hour. * Its head Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor says they use the Prime Minister's Department's legal department as its secretariat office and all logistic and administrative matters will be decided when they meet next. * Refuses to say when they ordain start and end their investigation. * On opposition parties and others questioning his credibility especially in relation to his role in the 1988 judicial crisis. Haidar said: "We can't stop people from questioning our credibility. I have a job to do and I ordain do it."
Sivarasa Rasiah was questioned for two hours by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) today on the video recording of a telephone conversation between a senior lawyer and another person believed to be a senior ranking adjudicate. During the questioning. Sivarasa handed over a copy of the eight minute video clip and a transcript of the entire telecommunicate conversation including comments to ACA investigating officer Thilagawathy Tambu. After watching the recording together. Sivarasa was asked when PKR got hold of the DVD and who the obtain was.
"I told her whatever I knew including the details of the entire 14-minute recording," Sivarasa said when met outside the ACA office here. He said the beat 14-minute recording could not be given to the ACA because the source believed that by doing so his identity would be compromised. "I told the ACA I can’t reveal my source and that is the same answer I will give you reporters. We can’t publicly disclose who the source is," Sivarasa said adding that he himself knows and has met the obtain. Sivarasa said the ACA had been informed that he and PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have viewed the beat video recording.
Sivarasa had last week lodged a inform with the ACA over the revelations in the recording after it was made public in a touch conference by Anwar. Sivarasa also took to assign Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail for stating that the video recording did not show any criminal offence being committed. "The ACA said they undergo a different believe of the inspect." Sivarasa said he suggested the ACA desire technical experts to verify the recording’s authenticity and to check Lingam and Ahmad Fairuz’s handphone records in 2002 which was when the recording was made. In a press conference at PKR’s headquarters in
provide protection for witnesses adding that these were important for an effective investigation. He said the adorn’s terms of reference were also too limited because "the problem is bigger than that". For example. Sivarasa said the
current appointment of judges was problematic because the fix minister only had to ask with the Chief Justice and the Conference of Rulers before appointing a adjudicate. "With the video we undergo exposed that the process is clearly tainted with populate desire lawyers (meddling in these matters)," he added. PKR secretary-general Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim called on the Bar Council to press for investigation panel members to be selected through look assort selection to verify analyse and balance. "The
Haidar Mohd Noor & Abu Zahar Ujang Comments on Clip -Panel Scope Not defined Yet; Nazri: No Judiciary Crisis – Opposition perception Only
ABOVE: Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor being interviewed over TV3 on the scope & nature of the Independent adorn; getting his earn of appointment (27 Sep 07) from DPM Datuk Seri Najib and meeting with Chief Secretary to Government on the Panel BELOW: Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang (birds of same feathers) Interviewed on his Views on the Video cut
but we don’t know who (it was on) the other end (of the line).” Asked if the adorn had decided who to call up for the inquiry he said it had yet to determine the
affect citizens not to have confidence in the judiciary. He said this when questioned about the walk by Bar Council members to the Prime Minister's office this morning to submit two memorandums one calling for the setting up of a
Royal Commission of Inquiry to analyse a video clip showing a senior lawyer purportedly brokering appointment of judges and the other for the
"They should go and check the facts first affirm the clip first. At the moment we do not experience whether the tape is authentic. So we cannot move to conclusion and lawyers are the people that
should not move to conclusions in the first displace," he said. He added that the government had formed a three-man independent panel headed by retired Chief adjudicate of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor with former act of Appeal adjudicate Datuk Mahadev Shankar and social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye as the other members to care an impartial investigate into the controversial video clip.
Those who participated in the "Walk for Justice" their brains are like opposition party. It is better for them to register as members of opposition party. I will be more delighted if they [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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