GEORGE TOWN, April 21 — The two alleged Thai witnesses of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's 'sex' video returned home after a 12-hour police interrogation on Friday but promised to return to Malaysia to air their revelations, their lawyer said today.
The two Thais with PKR secretariat chief Shabrimie Sidek and their driver were arrested by police after crossing the Malaysian-Thailand border at Bukit Kayu Hitam at about 4pm on Friday but were not told the reasons till much later.
"They were only told that they were being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code for distribution of obscene material at about 2am," Senator Saiful Izham Ramli told The Malaysian Insider in a telephone interview.
The lawyer said the four had their statements taken and were released on police bail about 4am on Saturday, 12 hours after they were arrested. But the police kept their belongings, he added.
"The Thais immediately went back to Thailand but this had not scared them as they are still very spirited and intent on sharing the truth," Saiful said.
He said the four must report back to the Kubang Pasu district police headquarters on May 25 although he was confident they would return before that date.
"They had brought along video evidence that clearly proved that the purported 'sex' video of Anwar (picture) with China dolls was a staged act," he said.
The videos along with other devices such as handphones and laptops were confiscated by the police when they were detained.
"They were supposed to meet with Anwar and reveal the truth during the ceramah at Permatang Pauh on that night," Saiful added.
PKR had organised a "Revelation of Anwar clone" ceramah at Permatang Pauh on Friday night but due to the arrests, PKR Sungai Acheh candidate Badrul Hisham Shahrin had to take the stage to tell the crowd about the arrest.
The two Thais were allegedly involved in the making of the 'sex' video and had decided to reveal the truth.
"They will definitely be back to reveal this so we are now planning the details of where and when," Saiful said.
For the past year, pro-Umno bloggers have circulated links to a number of sex videos purportedly that of Anwar and recently, PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali.
Both have denied being the ones caught on tape. Sex videos have brought down the careers of two top politicians in Barisan Nasional (BN) - MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and former MIC secretary-general D.P. Vijandran.
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