Today must have been an interesting day for all those present at the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Lingam tape.
The 12th witness, Loh Gwo Burne, confirmed that he took the video with his Sony 707 camera in Dec 2001. He also said he did not interfere with, edit or doctor the contents of the 14-minute video recording when transferring the data from the memory card to the computer and from the computer to his laptop.
Loh also said that Lawyer Datuk V. K. Lingam was not drunk or intoxicated when he spoke on the telephone, allegedly brokering the appointment of judges. He said there were "drinks" taken but he was of the opinion that not much drinks were consumed on that evening in late December 2001. When asked whether Lingam was "staging" it, Loh said that sometimes he could hear a male voice on the other side (of the telephone).
RCI 13th Witness, A Smiling Lingham
And what did the star witness, the 13th witness, had to say to all this. According to Malaysiakini, he said that the character in the video :: "It looks like me, it sounds like me". But he did not say the video star character was him.
According to BERNAMA, the star witness had this stuff to tell the RCI ::
"My friends tell me I talk rubbish when I drink wine," lawyer Datuk V. K. Lingam said Monday, admitting that he could not recollect the occasion in the controversial video clip of him allegedly brokering the appointment of judges on the telephone.....
"I might have had one too many (drinks)," said Lingam.
He also told the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the video clip that looking at the clip, it would be "quite a couple of drinks" to consume since there were two bottles of wine, a bottle of whiskey and some (other) liquor.
"Normally, I can hold up to two and a half glasses of wine. Then I get tipsy and high," he said.
Lingam said he doesn't go to the pubs. "If I want to drink, I drink at home, If ever I go for a function, I don't drink too much," Lingam said.
It looks like what our Tourist Minister had to say earlier might just be true. The star witness was "mabuk" and like many other witnesses, also very forgetful.