The commission comprises Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor as chairman, Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, Datuk Mahadev Shankar, Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.
The 17-day inquiry began on Jan 14 and saw 21 witnesses taking the stand including former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and three former chief justices.
The commission is expected to hand over its report to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong tomorrow.
Asked whether the report contained recommendations for action to be taken on certain people, Zaid said: "Let us get the report first. I can only make comments after studying it." — Bernama
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May 09, 2008 21:55 PM
PM Yet To Look At Commission's Report On Lingam's Video Clip
Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Friday he will study the report by the Royal Commission on the V.K. Lingam video clip before deciding whether it will be made public or otherwise.
"I haven't seen it yet. Let me look at what is being said. Before looking at it, you (the media) have asked me to make a decision.
"I want to see the contents, what is being said, then we will decide," he told reporters after chairing a special meeting of the Umno Supreme Council at Menara Datuk Onn, here Friday.
The Royal Commission on the V.K. Lingam video clip had submitted its report to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Friday.
When asked whether he had received a copy of the report, Abdullah said he had not seen the report.
"If it had been submitted to the Prime Minister's Department, it must have been at the time when we were having the cabinet meeting.
"After the cabinet meeting, we adjourned for Friday prayer. Later we came here for the UMNO meeting. I haven't seen it yet. I heard from you (media) that this has been sent to my office," he said.
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Lingam Video Clip Inquiry Report Should Be Made Public, Says Haidar
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) -- The Lingam video clip inquiry report should be made public, Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor, Chairman of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 14-minute controversial V.K. Lingam Video Clip, said Friday.
He, however, said it was up to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to decide whether the contents of the report be revealed to the public or otherwise.
"Personally, I think the report should go to the public, but it is up to the Prime Minister," he told Bernama after handing the four volume 186-page report to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin at Istana Negara.
The former Chief Judge of Malaya said he was satisfied with the findings of the 17-day inquiry which started on Jan 14.
Haidar said the five-member commission could not divulge the contents of the report but would recommend to the Prime Minister for the report to be made public.
"We also cannot reveal the four recommendations the commission had made in the report," he said when asked whether the commission would disclose its recommendations to the public.
He said commission secretary Datuk Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid, who is also Director-General of the Legal Affairs Division in the Prime Minister's Department, would submit the report to the prime minister.
To a question that one of the commission's recommendations was to charge a few individuals in court, Haidar said it was not true.
Asked on why the commission had sought two extensions to submit the inquiry report to Tuanku Mizan, he said the commission needed more time to scrutinise the report as there were over 1,000 evidence to go through.
The commission had earlier fixed March 11 to submit the report to the King but later sought two one-month extensions which end tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Abdullah Sani said in a statement that Haidar submitted the report at 9.30am in the presence of four other commission members.
They are retired Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Amar Steve Shim Lip Kiong, former Solicitor-General Datuk Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and historian Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.
The commission was set up in late 2007 to ascertain the authenticity of the video clip featuring senior lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam brokering judges' appointments over the handphone.
Twenty-one witnesses testified in the inquiry including former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and three former chief judges. -- BERNAMA
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If the Prime Minister doesn't make the report and its recommendations public, he will lose what remaining shreds of credibility he still possesses.
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