VK Lingam is a prominent lawyer of Indian origin in Malaysia. Since September 19, 2007, Lingam is an epic character in the Malaysian Judicial Fixing Scandal after former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim released a tape (above) showing him allegedly talking to the then Chief Judge (judiciary's No. 3 post in Malaysia) of Malaya and later Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz bin Sheikh Abdul Halim on fixing judicial appointments, court cases, and winning favors from politicians and then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The grainy eight-minute video footage which was taken in 2002 at Lingam’s Kelana Jaya house showed Lingam expressing concern that the outgoing CJ Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah was moving his 'men' into top judiciary posts. The conversation revolved around the urgent need to get Ahmad Fairuz appointed as Court of Appeal President (No. 2) and then Chief Justice (No. 1). Lingam expressed his plan to get tycoon Vincent Tan, a close ally of then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, a minister in PM's Department (current Tourism Minister) to talk to Mahathir on the appointment of judges. Allegedly, this was in return for Ahmad Fairuz's "suffering" in the election petition cases in the past where Ahmad Fairuz had ruled against the Opposition.
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