Investigations of a complaint that a Court of Appeal judge had plagiarised a Singapore court judgment in 2000 reveal it has no merit, said the Chief Justice’s Office today.

Following this, lawyer Karpal Singh's complaint has been rejected, said special officer 1 to chief justice Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim in a statement today.

NONE He said the CJ’s Office has sent Karpal ( right ) an official reply.

The department said they had initiated an investigation of the said judge based on Karpal’s complaint letter dated Sept 29.

“An investigation has been carried out by the chief justice (CJ).

“Based on the investigation, and after a discussion with the Court of Appeal president based on Section 13 (1) of the Judges’ Code of Ethics 2009, the CJ is of the opinion that the allegation of plagiarism by the said Court of Appeal judge as raised by Karpal Singh has no merit, and therefore the compliant has been rejected,” said Che Wan Zaidi.

Earlier, Karpal, who is DAP national chairperson and Bukit Gelugor MP had called on the said judge, to resign over the plagiarism allegations.

According to him, the errant judge had, ironically, plagiarised a former Singapore judge GP Selvam’s judgment on a copyright issue.

Cabinet minister Rais Yatim later confirmed when he was de facto law minister, such an official complaint had, indeed, been lodged in 2000 against the judge.