KUALA LUMPUR: PKR Youth has lodged a report urging the police to investigate the six names mentioned in the Royal Commission of Inquiry report into the V.K. Lingam video clip.PKR Youth chairman Shamsul Iskandar Mohamad Akin lodged the report at the Dang Wangi police station at about 3.15pm Saturday.
He was accompanied by the Selangor PKR Youth chief Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainudin and Federal Territory Youth chief Mohd Zaman Mohd Tasi.
Earlier, the three marched about one kilometre to the police station from the Sogo Supermarket, with about 20 supporters carrying placards.
There was heavy police presence at the police station including those from the Light Strike Force.
Shamsul Iskandar said that the six - former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, former chief justices Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim and Tun Eusoff Chin, businessman Tan Sri Vincent Tan and lawyer V.K. Lingam -- were allegedly involved in arranging the appointment of judges.
He said that the Commission in its report had stated that the actions of the main characters involved had seriously affected the freedom and integrity of the judiciary on the whole.
"The Commission also said that there were enough reasons to exercise several acts on some of the individuals involved.
"In fact some of their actions may have contravened other laws. So the findings of the Commission should be at least a catalyst for investigation,'' he said.
He called upon the police to investigate whether there was sufficient evidence to charge those involved and forward their recommendations to the Attorney-General for further action.
Later outside the police station, Shamsul Iskandar said that movement decided to lodge the report as no action had been taken against the six even though it had been two weeks since the report was made public.
Shamsul Iskandar said that a directive had been issued for all the state youth movements to lodge reports at the district police stations throughout the country simultaneously on Sunday against the six.
"We will give them (the police) until Wednesday to take action after which I will collect the reports and hand them over to the Attorney-General," he said.
KULDEEP S. JESSY
Star Online
25/05/08
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