Anwar Ibrahim released another section of the Lingam video (Part III – video below) which he obtained on last Friday (Jan 25). [Part I & Part II on Youtube]
Limgam Video part III (Full transcript available on Anwar’s blog)
The main story of the video is that former Chief Judge Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah (2000-2003) was alledged to have accepted bribe from VK Lingam and Vincent Tan.
However saucey the story is, the video provides no breakthrough to the probe besides opening another source of investigation.
Lingam might be an idiot, but he is one clever fox. If he keep on with his “I was just talking thrash at home” statement, nobody could really prove that he was really involved in anything.
Off course we can argue that he knew too much about the supposedly secretive documents, that he must be involved some how… but he can always argue that whatever he said was mere coincidence; and with the benefit of doubts, he walks away (which probably means everyone else is walking free too).
The royal panel need to do more than just listening to these fellas, and the ACA needs to continue digging evidences from other sources. The videos might raise some eyebrows of the public, but when it comes to real conviction.. the videos are close to worthless at the moment.
Don’t let Lingam Tape overshadowed other issues
Btw, don’t let this Lingam tape saga overshadowed other issues we are facing in Malaysia. The press (and perhaps the public as well) are giving too much focus on this case while there are other matters that are happening in Malaysia.
It has become apparent that Badawi is not involved in the saga; he probably won’t mind having this scandal diverting public attention from other issues that Malaysia is facing.