ACA ordered to reinvestigate Eusoff - The Star

By Lourdes Charles

PUTRAJAYA: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has been ordered to reinvestigate former Chief Justice Tun Mohd Eusoff Chin and lawyer V.K. Lingam.

The directive came from Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail who wants investigations to be centred on the New Zealand vacation in 1994 when the former top judge and his family were photographed holidaying with Lingam’s family.

It is learnt that Abdul Gani issued the directive to the ACA yesterday morning.

The investigations will focus on certain issues raised by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the V.K. Lingam video clip.

The ACA had in 1998 investigated the case following information from the public but it was ordered closed by the then Attorney-General due to lack of evidence.

It is learnt that the ACA has set up a team to study the commission’s findings and to see if it can unearth new evidence.

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