Former Santubong PKR Youth leader Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz has been remanded for six days to facilitate police investigations into a sex video implicating Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali.
According to federal CID director Huzir Mohamed, five others have also been remanded in connection with the case.
Huzir said police obtained the remand order against the six at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates' Court this morning.
"The six are being remanded to facilitate investigation under Section 292A of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998," he told Malaysiakini.
Section 292 (a) of the Penal Code concerns the offence of distributing obscene material, which is punishable with a maximum three years jail, fine or both.
Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said those behind the distribution of the clips have been identified.
He also said police have unearthed clues as to who the mastermind is and that there are signs of a political conspiracy.
However, Hamid did not shed any light on the progress of authenticating the video clips, which were initially leaked through WhatsApp groups by anonymous individuals.
After the first video was released, Haziq had confessed to being the person engaging in sexual acts with another man.
He identified his partner as being Azmin and that their alleged tryst was recorded without his knowledge in the minister's hotel room in Sandakan.
Azmin has described the videos as a nefarious plot to ruin his political career and is convinced that it is an inside job. - Mkini
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