Monday May 12, 2008
Dr M: There are too many questions
Dr Mahathir on the Lingam case
SHAH ALAM: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned the way in which the V.K. Lingam clips were released by his former deputy Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The former prime minister said the fact that the clips were released in batches was not mentioned in the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s hearing into the matter.
“Anwar did not give the full tape at one go. He released the tape in two parts,’’ he said. “That constitutes tampering of evidence because we do not know what he kept behind and how many more tapes he has.”
Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on a media report that former Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim has been identified by the Royal Commission as the person on the other side of the call with Lingam.
“Every attempt is made to incriminate me somehow or other. Although there is no direct connection to me, if you read between the lines, it suggests that the prime minister was biased and things like that,” he said.
He said this was the work of Anwar, who wanted to undermine the credibility of Lingam as he was Dr Mahathir’s lawyer.
“He has succeeded in making Lingam not credible and now Lingam cannot defend me in the courts of law.
“I have always emphasised that when people make secret recordings, the intention is to blackmail. And I am afraid this Government has made a blackmail attempt successful,” he said.
At the Umno 62nd anniversary gathering at the PWTC, Dr Mahathir's son Datuk Mukhriz called for the Royal Commission’s findings to be made public as the people deserved to know the truth.
The Jerlun MP and Umno Youth exco member said it was necessary to be open about it because that was what the people expected of the Government.
“The most important thing is transparency and we should be open to the rakyat, particularly at this moment,” he told reporters.
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