Karpal Singh’s call for Parliament to be shown the sex video implicating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has met with opposition today from Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
The youth and sports minister rubbished the DAP chairman’s suggestion, saying that the video was a criminal matter that should be handled by the police — not parliamentarians. He added that screening the clip in the august House would sully its standing.
According to Karpal, the video should be screened for MPs so that the identity of the man in the video could be determined.
Karpal’s call did, however, find a supporter in Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. The minister in the Prime Minister’s Department said earlier today that he backed the proposal for the video to be shown to lawmakers at Parliament but advised caution as doing so would likely contravene existing pornography laws.
“If we want to screen it in Parliament, where? It’s difficult to get immunity around Parliament. We have to ask the Speaker first as he decides. No need to bring a motion, just ask the Speaker,” the de facto law minister told reporters here today.
The video first came to light in a secretive screening at the prestigious Carcosa Seri Negara hotel on March 21, where those behind its showing had alluded that the man recorded was “prominent Malay opposition leader”.
Anwar has denied being the man featured in the video and has accused BN of orchestrating the video in an attempt at character assassination.
Three men — former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk Sharzyl Eskay Abdullah and Umno stalwart Datuk Shuib Lazim — have already come forward to claim credit to being the mysterious “Datuk T” behind the screening.
The men subsequently surrendered the recording to the police, ahead of their self-imposed deadline for Anwar and wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to quit all political posts or risk having the video released.
Today, a snippet of the video was discovered to have been posted online to video sharing site, YouTube, and traded among pro-Umno blogs.
Shazryl told The Malaysian Insider they had not released the video to anyone and that the only copy remained with the police.
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.
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Firstly, we need to charge the persons who have shown the video to the selected journalists. I don't think we need MPs to determine whether he is DSAI in the video. There are many more important issues need to be addressed in the parliament. Come on, please don't waste tax payer's money. The police, please do your job for the rakyat, especially the tax payers not for your political masters.
UMNO's dirty politics have gone so far, why i implicate UMNO as no action taken against trio by police. If it were to be others, imagine what action police would have taken. Therefore, conclusion UMNO is deeply involved in this video
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