Sepang district police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the statements were recorded from the trio, all lawyers, on Sunday and yesterday.
“All three are classified as witnesses as investigations are still ongoing,” he told FMT.
The statements from the trio bring to seven the number of people who have been interviewed by the police so far.
A special officer to Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat lodged the report on June 7 over a text message that could potentially bring the judiciary into disrepute.
Sources told FMT that among the text messages was one to a foreign client stating “the path is covered till the CJ”.
It is learnt that the messages were in connection with two civil appeals pending before the Court of Appeal.
Investigations are being conducted under Section 233 (1) (a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act for improper use of network facilities, Section 500 of the Penal Code for defamation, and Section 504 of the same law for intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace.
Those found guilty under the Communications and Multimedia Act can be fined up to RM50,000 or sentenced to a maximum one-year jail term, or both. The punishment under Sections 500 and 504 of the Penal Code is a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both.
On Sunday, two prominent lawyers lodged police reports denying any knowledge of text messages that mentioned their names and spoke of matters that allegedly sully the judiciary’s image.
Former Malaysian Bar president Lim Chee Wee denied having made any such statements as shown in the text messages contained in a screenshot while Rosli Dahlan said his name was mentioned without any basis.
The screenshots that named them and which called for a matter pending in court to be “settled” were published by Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown.
In a statement, Lim said the text messages contained fabrications and baseless allegations against him.
Rosli said in his report his name in the text message was entered without any basis and he had no knowledge of the dispute shown in the screenshot.