The Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the Lingam video clip ended this afternoon. The commission is expected to announce their findings on March 11. However, there is a provision for an extension to make the findings.
All relevant parties will make submissions by Feb 25.A total of 21 witnesses had testified, the last ones being Datuk V. K. Lingam’s former secretary G. Jayanthi, his former driver D. Ramachandran and consultant psychiatrist Tan Sri Dr M. Mahadevan.
The commission was chaired by former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor and comprise former Chief Judge Sabah, Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim, former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former solicitor-general Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim. Some of the commission's terms of reference:
* to ascertain the authenticity of the video clip;
* to identify the speaker, the person he was speaking to in the video clip and the persons mentioned in the conversation;
* to ascertain the truth or otherwise the content of the conversation in the video clip;
* to determine whether any act of misbehaviour had been committed by the person or persons identified or mentioned in the video clip and,
* to recommend any appropriate course of action to be taken against the person or persons identified or mentioned in the video clip should such person or persons be found to have committed any misbehaviour.
All relevant parties will make submissions by Feb 25.A total of 21 witnesses had testified, the last ones being Datuk V. K. Lingam’s former secretary G. Jayanthi, his former driver D. Ramachandran and consultant psychiatrist Tan Sri Dr M. Mahadevan.
The commission was chaired by former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor and comprise former Chief Judge Sabah, Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim, former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former solicitor-general Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim. Some of the commission's terms of reference:
* to ascertain the authenticity of the video clip;
* to identify the speaker, the person he was speaking to in the video clip and the persons mentioned in the conversation;
* to ascertain the truth or otherwise the content of the conversation in the video clip;
* to determine whether any act of misbehaviour had been committed by the person or persons identified or mentioned in the video clip and,
* to recommend any appropriate course of action to be taken against the person or persons identified or mentioned in the video clip should such person or persons be found to have committed any misbehaviour.
