Royal inquiry findings 'cannot be challenged'

breaking news The Kuala Lumpur High Court today ruled that the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam clip cannot be challenged.

Justice Abdul Kadir Musa subsequently threw out the leave application by prominent lawyer VK Lingam and four others with cost.

On July 16, senior federal counsel Azizah Nawawi had objected to the leave application by Lingam, tycoon Vincent Tan, Barisan Nasional and Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and former chief justices Eusoff Chin and Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim for the judicial review.

She had argued that the commission did not make any binding or conclusive decisions and that its findings and recommendations could not be reviewed.

The five men wanted to quash parts of the report which implicate them.

They claimed that the commission had prejudged the issues before it and lost its focus by going beyond its terms of reference when writing up its findings.

Eusoff and Ahmad Fairuz will appeal against today's decision while the remaining trio are expected to follow suit.

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