Prime Minister Najib Razak met with the three men behind the sex video that allegedly showed a man looking like Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a prostitute, said PKR in a statement issued on Thursday.
“I urge the prime minister himself to respond to reports from sources that the three masterminds had met with him in his office in Parliament," PKR communications director Nik Nazmi.
Nik Nazmi said that PKR was also told the meeting took place on Wednesday evening at the same time that Najib chaired an Umno political bureau meeting.
“To clear his name and Umno’s, the prime minister must make an immediate statement on what was discussed with the three masterminds of the sex video that has brought shame to Malaysia,” said Nik Nazmi, who is also the Seri Setia assemblyman.
Crime but police have not confiscated the tape
In what has widely been perceived as the latest conspiracy by the Umno elite to tarnish Anwar, the three men had organised a screening of the 21-minute video for editors and journalists of the mainstream media.
The three are former Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Shazryl Eskay and Perkasa treasurer Shuib Lazim. They had admitted to organising the screening of the video on Wednesday afternoon.
They have refused to surrender the tape to the police or to Anwar. In a bid to deflect attention from the fact that they had broken the law, they have demanded that a Royal Commission of Inquiry be set up to determine if Anwar was the man in the tape.
It is a crime to keep pornographic material and screening it in public is an offense that can be punished by imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Nevertheless, police have not moved to confiscate the tape nor arrest the men although they themselves had confessed to a crime.
“This raise serious questions over the involvement of government leaders in the recording and screening of the sex video that clearly violates several laws,” pointed out Nik Nazmi.
Conspiracy
Nik Nazmi also said that the government’s reluctance to take stern action against those involved only boosted the perception that it was involved in the conspiracy against Anwar.
PKR MP for Sungai Petani Johari Abdul had first exposed the trio, but Rahim accused him of demanding money to defect. Johari had been taken by Shuib to see Shazryl and Ramli, who screened the video for him. Ramli had tried to entice him to cross over.
But according to Johari, the former Malacca chief minister had also promised to bring him to see Najib if he agreed to dump PKR. This implies that Najib was aware of the operation to smear Anwar and to get PKR MPs to hop over.
Anwar has denied being the man in the tape and has accused Najib and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as being among the perpetrators.
PKR want Datuk Seri Najib Razak to explain his alleged meeting yesterday with the three men behind the video purportedly showing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a Chinese prostitute. - Malaysia Chronicle
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