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KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be submitting a list of members of Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the book written by Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, entitled 'My Story: Justice in the Wilderness', said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

He said the name list will be tabled by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said to the Cabinet and to obtain the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. 

“The Cabinet approved the establishment of the RCI, but basically a task force was created, but Tommy Thomas took legal action against the members of the task force. So the basis of the details contained in the task force may be backed up by the new RCI members who have not yet been appointed.

"I feel that the Minister of Law and Institutional Reform should submit a name list to the Cabinet to get the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for this RCI to speed up their work," he said after officiating the 15th Annual General Meeting of the Makkal Sakti Party here today.

Earlier, Azalina said the government expressed its approval for the establishment of the RCI to comprehensively examine issues related to the integrity and independence of the country's judiciary and legislation.