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ACA officer admits missing leads
Star
By CHELSEA L.Y. NG, CECIL FUNG and MANJIT KAUR

KUALA LUMPUR: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) investigator in charge of the video clip case admitted she did not investigate many potential angles although leads were apparent from the testimony of witnesses and from the clip itself.

Senior Superintendent Chuah Lay Choo made the admission under the barrage of information put to her by lawyers acting for several witnesses of the inquiry and the Malaysian Bar.

As she was being “grilled” on the methodology that she had employed when conducting her investigation, the 52-year-old started to stutter.

Speaking in a faltering voice, she hesitantly acknowledged the obvious leads that she did not follow.

Her persistent replies that her scope of investigations was only confined to “the appointment of Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim as Court of Appeal president and Chief Justice” drew irksome reactions from those in the public gallery.

To questions by Americk Sidhu, counsel for businessman Loh Mui Fah, Chuah said she was instructed to investigate the case at the end of September last year.

She said her team recorded the statements of Lingam, tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and former Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim.

Asked how she picked out Loh, when there are 26 million Malaysians, Chuah said: “From our investigations, we found that he was the person in the second portion of the video clip. more...