PUTRAJAYA: The Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister's Department has lodged a police report over newspapers' publication of the contents of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip.

The Star on May 10, and the New Straits Times and Berita Harian yesterday, ran reports on some of the commission's findings ahead of the government's announcement to make the report public.

The report was lodged by the division's legal adviser at the Putrajaya police headquarters yesterday.

Putrajaya police chief Supt Abdul Razak Abdul Majid confirmed the report was lodged.

"I cannot say more because police will be starting their investigations."