Among others in today's edition of Parliament snippets, Mohd Nazri Aziz revealed that the ACA investigation on the Lingam tape has been concluded and sent to the AG Chambers for further action.

Elsewhere, the Information Minister said SMS poll indicated that the public want live telecast of Parliament to continue.

ACA probe on Lingam tape finished, AG to decide on action

The Anti-Corruption Agency's (ACA) investigation on the VK Lingam tape scandal has been concluded and the findings have been sent to the Attorney General's Chambers for further action, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Aziz today.

Nazri revealed this in a written reply to Wee Choo Keong (PKR-Wangsa Maju) who had wanted to know the status of the findings of the royal commission on the tape that purportedly showed a senior lawyer brokering the appointment of judges.

"The AG's office has instructed the police and the ACA to investigate on the findings of the royal commission. The ACA has taken further action by investigating individuals as suggested by the royal commission.

"ACA's investigation focused on two things which was the New Zealand vacation which former chief justice Eusoff Chin and (lawyer) VK Lingam had taken together and the appointment of judges," read the reply.

"The investigation has finished and the findings have been sent to the AG's office for further action and they are currently studying the case," he added.

He also said that the ACA investigation on the appointment of judges has also been concluded and that the findings were being studied by the AG's office as well.

Public want live Parliament live telecast to continue

Information Minister Shabery Cheek told the Dewan Rakyat today that the results of a Short Text Messaging System or SMS indicated that 93 percent of viewers want the live telecast on Parliament proceedings to continue.

The findings were based on the outcome of a research conducted by a media research group, AGB Nielsen Media Research from April to May this year.

As many as 230,000 to 250,000 people had participated in the survey.

He also revealed that the estimated cost of producing the live telecast amounted to RM2.3 million a year and that the real cost was based on the numbers of days of Parliament proceedings.

Shabery also said that the government was looking at ways to cut the cost of production.

He added that the government was also not ready to increase the duration of the live telecast from 30 to 90 minutes. Neither has it any interest in airing the proceeding on the Internet.