The police will quiz three senior Bar Council members over a protest march staged by lawyers in Putrajaya last month.

Council president Ambiga Sreenevasan, vice president Ragunath Kesavan and secretary Lim Chee Wee have been called up to have their statements recorded.

Putrajaya district police chief Supt Abdul Razak Abdul Majid, who confirmed this today, said the trio will be quizzed on Oct 23.

However, he declined to elaborate further.

Dubbed the 'Walk of Justice', some 2,000 lawyers gathered on Sept 26 at the Palace of Justice before marching to the Prime Minister's Department some 2 km away.

The council handed over a memorandum, calling for the setting up of a Royal Commission to investigate the allegations of corruption raised in the VK Lingam video.

'We did nothing wrong'

Commenting on the police's move, Ambiga defended the council's right to stage a protest, saying it did not break any laws.

"As far we are concerned we have done nothing wrong. We are merely exercising our democratic right to communicate our views to the prime minister," she said when contacted.

Ambiga said she did not know whether the police were following up on a report lodged against the council regarding the march.

"But we were certainty well received by the (prime minister's) political secretary Wan Farid (Wan Salleh), who accepted our memorandum on that day," she added.

In the Bar Council's website, Ragunath said the trio will co-operate with the police.

"We are not perturbed or intimidated by the police. We acted in accordance with our conscience and we are prepared to deal with any consequences arising from our actions.

"The least of our concerns is the fact that we may face prosecution for any action we have taken," he said.

Currently, a three-member panel appointed by the government is looking into the authenticity of the video which shows senior lawyer Lingam brokering the appointment of top judges over the telephone.

The lawyer was said to be talking to Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, which the latter has since denied.