When commissioner Datuk Mahadev Shankar asked if it was Lingam´s position that he was not the person in the video clip, Thayalan said:
"His position is that it does look like him and sound like him." Mahadev: But he´s not prepared to say that that is him? Thayalan: This is what he told me. Let me take instructions from him on this. Mahadev: Is it his position that he said the things in the transcript? Can we have a direct answer to that? Thayalan: I have to take instructions. I don´t have an answer to that. When Mahadev asked if it was Lingam´s instructions for the lawyer to suggest that the clip had been doctored, Thalayan said: "Yes, the technology is available now for the video clip to be edited or have something taken out." Mahadev: I´m a bit perplexed. Since he said it looks like him and it sounds like him, how is it that you´re suggesting that it´s been tampered with? Shim: "It looks like me or sounds like me." What does it mean? Thayalan: The images are not that clear.. At this point, Mahadev said: "You are making our lives very difficult." The lawyer then said: "Please allow me to take instructions on his stand." [..Lingam´s lawyer grilled <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/16/nation/20021666&se\ c=nation> ...]
