KUALA LUMPUR (May 9, 2008): The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip  has submitted a 186-page report of its findings and recommendations to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin based on its 17-day inquiry from Jan 14.

Director-general of the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister's Department said in a statement today the report was presented by Commission chairman Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor to the King at Istana Negara at 9.30am today.

The other members of the commission who accompanied him were retired Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, Solicitor-General Datuk Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and historian Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim, and Abdullah Sani who served as secretary.

Bernama quoted Haidar as saying that he felt the report should be made public, but added that it was up to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to decide.
 
The former Chief Judge of Malaya said he was satisfied with the findings but could not reveal the contents or the four recommendations made.
 
He said it was not true that one of the recommendations was to charge a few individuals in court.
 
The commission had earlier fixed March 11 to submit the report to the King  but later sought two one-month extensions which ends tomorrow.
 
Meanwhile, Abdullah Sani said in a statement that Haidar submitted the report at 9.30am in the presence of four other commission members.
 
The commission was set up to ascertain the authenticity of a 14-minute video clip featuring senior lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam brokering judges' appointments over the handphone with a person he referred to as Datuk. The clip was shot by consultant Loh Gwo Burne, who was elected MP for Kelana Jaya in the March 8 general election, but was first made public by former premier Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Twenty-one witnesses testified in the inquiry, including former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and three former chief judges.