Inspector-general of police (IGP) Ismail Omar has announced that “local experts” have confirmed that the sex video allegedly featuring a prominent opposition leader is not doctored. According to Bernama, Ismail made the announcement based on the view of experts who were roped in to help investigate the case.Police set up a team to probe the case after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who denied allegations that he was the man in the video clip, had lodged a police report.
Ismail said the special team from Bukit Aman investigating the video that surfaced two weeks ago, was in the closing stages of the probe and that the investigation papers would be handed over to the Attorney-General's Chambers soon.
"It is hereby announced that the (video) investigation is in the closing stages. This means that the police have accepted the experts' report on the authenticity of the video (recording).
"In other words, the recording is genuine," Ismail told reporters at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol), here. Ismail, however, did not name the characters in the video clip.
IGP contradicts Hisham, 3 arrested Ismail appeared to contradict Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein today when he said three individuals were arrested, but were released on police bail. However, he declined to reveal the identities of the three. Hishammuddin told Parliament yesterday that no one had been arrested in connection to the sex video.
The police would seek the assistance of anyone at all to help in the investigation into the case, he said. The hidden camera video of the sex act was screened at Carcosa Seri Negara, Kuala Lumpur, on March 21, to a select guest list that included senior newspaper editors, and later shown to selected politicians.
Meanwhile,PKR has renewed its calls in demanding that the police arrest the “Datuk T” trio who have admitted responsibility for the public viewing of the sex video that allegedly features Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.PKR MP Sivarasa Rasiah charged that the now-confirmed authenticity of the video by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar did not change anything about the scandal. “The offence being investigated is possession and distribution of pornography... why are you focusing on authenticity?
“The Datuk T trio should have been charged from the moment they admitted to being responsible for airing it... the video being authentic does not change the scenario on whether they should be charged or not,” Sivarasa told The Malaysian Insider.
Sivarasa, who is a PKR lawyer, said the police investigation so far proved that there has been a “politically-motivated” attempt to smear Anwar’s credibility. The Subang MP’s stinging remarks were a response to the announcement made by the IGP earlier today. “An obscene video is an offence whether or not it is authentic,” said Sivarasa today.
Stating that the IGP’s announcement came as “no surprise” to PKR, he said the party already had two theories in mind — either the video was doctored or otherwise.
“Now that the IGP says it is authentic, that is fine. The person in the video may look like Anwar but it is not him, that is guaranteed… he has already in the beginning issued a strong statement on this,” said Sivarasa.
The video recording emerged on March 21 when a mysterious man who only identified himself as “Datuk T” screened the recording for selected members of the media.
Former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim later admitted to being collectively known as “Datuk T”.
Opposition Leader Anwar has denied that he is the man in the video after it was alleged that the recording was of him having sex with a Chinese prostitute.
source:malaysiakini/malaysia insider
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