Nov 19 (Bernama) -- The proposed names of candidates for the royal commission to investigate the "Lingam" video cut ordain be tabled at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz. The Cabinet meeting will also address the royal commission's scope of power. "There is no other information at the moment. Everything ordain be discussed at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday," he told Bernama here today. Nazri was among three ministers appointed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to chew over the report by a special independent panelto affirm the authenticity of the video clip. The two others were Culture. Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim and Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad. The video purportedly shows a prominent lawyer on the phone discussing judicial appointments with a senior judge. Abdullah announced on Friday that a royal commission would be set up to investigate the video clip.
investigate a video clip featuring a purported telephone conversation between a prominent lawyer and a senior judge over the appointment of judges. Prime attend Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the establishment of the panel was deemed appropriate based on the inform by a three-man panel set up to cause the authenticity of the video clip recently.
Abdullah said the three ministers who were tasked by the cabinet to give legal enter on the report by the three-man independent panel would give their views and suggestions at the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The prime minister said the members of the royal equip would be determined after its terms of reference were finalised. Asked whether the government was pressured into establishing the commission by certain groups. Abdullah reiterated that the
"Before this we said that gratify wait for the panel to come up with its report. The report is out and based on its contents it appears that it is appropriate to set up the royal commission hence our decision," he said. The special adorn comprised former Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye and former Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar.
The three ministers asked to give legal input on the panel's report are Culture. Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. Minister in the fix Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and Home Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.
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