The
Lingam Tape

A video emerges in 2007. It reveals lawyer VK Lingam talking with powerful friends about judges' appointments.^[1]

A royal inquiry confirms the video is real.^[2] This raises suspicion about past cases handled by certain judges.

One such case was future chief justice Ahmad Fairuz voiding DAP's election win in 1995, without ordering a by-election.^[3]

In another case, judge Eusoff Chin awards RM2mil to Lingam's tycoon client in a defamation suit in 2000.^[4]

Lingam had holidayed with Eusoff.^[5] Lingam's ex-aide later testified the lawyer wrote the defamation case's judgment.^[6]

In 1995, Eusoff also convened a Federal Court panel to overturn a decision that did not favour Lingam's client.^[7]

Lingam later offered Eusoff a bungalow. When the judge was unsatisfied, Lingam offered him land to build a house.^[8]

Lingam claimed he and powerful friends whispered in the prime minister's ear to get the judges they wanted.^[9]

An appointments committee was set up after the expose, but the prime minister still gets the final say on judges.
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