KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar denied today that the two-minute internet clip of the video allegedly showing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim having sex was leaked from the police.
When asked how the snippet was leaked as the mysterious trio known as “Datuk T” have said the only copy is with the police, he replied: “That’s what he says.”
“Of course it did not come from us. That is illegal and immoral. How can I allow such a thing?” Ismail (picture) said.
“We don’t know where the video came from. Who uploaded it, we don’t know,” Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein added at a press conference here.
A 107-second clip was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday showing two men and a woman before the alleged sex act. It was later taken off for violating YouTube’s policy on nudity or sexual content.
However, several pro-Umno blogs have uploaded the video to their own websites.
The uploaded video had a white strip at the bottom with Thai script written on it saying “Phaholyothin Road Bangkok, Thailand 10400, Copyright 2011.”
The strip was not on the version that first surfaced and originally shown to reporters two weeks ago at Carcosa Seri Negara here.
Businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, one of the three men who claimed to be the mysterious “Datuk T” that exposed the video, told The Malaysian Insider that they had not released the video to anyone and that the only copy remained with the police.
“I don’t know anything about this,” Shazryl said, before stating that he would need to see the clip before commenting further.
Opposition Leader Anwar has denied he is the man in the video and accused Umno of a politically motivated “scurrilous attack” on him.
The involvement of former Umno Youth chief Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik and Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim has lent credence to the claim as Umno sought to distance itself from the 21-minute video.
The clip has surfaced on the Internet just two days after police said the video they received was not doctored.
During a March 24 press conference, Abdul Rahim said the video was exposed to show “a man who wants to be prime minister is not qualified.”
A recent opinion poll found that 51 per cent of those surveyed did not believe Anwar was the man in the video, with 39 per cent saying Barisan Nasional had masterminded the video — more than twice as many as those who said the ruling coalition was not involved.
Last month, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik admitted that businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, Perkasa’s Datuk Shuib Lazim and himself were collectively the mysterious “Datuk T” behind the sex video screening.
The former Malacca chief minister also admitted that both he and Shazryl were behind the video.
Karpal questioned why the prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the IGP has failed to do anything when the trio have committed offense under the Film Censorship Act and criminal defamation under the penal code.
“All of these offenses have been committed in public but nothing has been done to these three. What has to be done forthright is to have the Datuk trio arrested. If the IGP does not do that then there is a law which allow for a citizen arrest,” he said.
He said that the public can apprehend any of the three and surrender them to the police.
“Law should take its course, it is there to be implemented and not defied and these three has defied it. I think it is scandalous,” he said.
He also urged the media to stop prosecuting the family over the video.
“This is gutter journalism and politics by Umno and Barisan Nasional,” he said.
On Friday, IGP said that the sex video was not doctored but declined to reveal the identity of the man in the video that was claimed to be Anwar having sex with a Chinese prostitute. - Malaysian Insider
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