VK Lingam fails in final bid to practise law

 

Former lawyer VK Lingam was implicated in a judge-fixing scandal in 2001.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today affirmed that former lawyer VK Lingam, who was implicated in a judge-fixing scandal in 2001, is barred from practising law.

This follows the decision of a three-member bench, chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, to dismiss Lingam’s final appeal.

Tengku Maimun, who sat with Mary Lim and Zabidin Mohd Diah, said the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board had given its reason to strike Lingam’s name off the rolls following an order on Nov 6, 2015.

“As such, appellate intervention is not warranted and the Court of Appeal ruling is affirmed,” she said.

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