Amidst the nation's top cop stating that the footage of the sex video screened to journalists is genuine, PKR communications chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said it still does not prove who is in the video.
"Even if the video is genuine, fine and dandy. But it still does not prove who is in the video. Other people who have watched the video said that apart from the face, the physical attributes are not Anwar's.
The 22-minute video was shown to several people, including journalists, at Carcos Seri Negara in Kuala Lumpur on March 21, depicting a couple having sex.
'Datuk T' - the trio who admitted to screening the video - have since alleged that the man in the act is Anwar.
However, in an immediate reaction, several PKR leaders, including Batu MP and vice-president Tian Chua, have claimed that the video is doctored and falsified.
Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar said this morning the sex video was not doctored, based on views by "experts" roped in to help with the investigations.
"We didn't watch the video, so I still can't tell if it's doctored. But I know who Anwar is. I was his political secretary for two years. I've travelled abroad with him several times, I know his family and I've known him personally for six or seven years," Nik Nazmi said.
"Whether the video was doctored or someone else is impersonating Anwar, it does not explain anything. Identify who is in the video, lah. Even the IGP did not identify who it is."
'Crazy people with axe to grind'
Nik Nazmi, who is also the Seri Setia assemblyperson, said the police chief's statement does not change PKR's stand on the sex video.
"This doesn't change our stand on the whole shambolic episode - Anwar is not the person in the video," he said.
He said the video was concocted by "some crazy people with an agenda, an axe to grind".
"From the video to the sodomy trial and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission guy watching porn, people are going to think that Malaysia is oversexed or filled with perverts," he added.
Former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer Shuib Lazim have admitted to banding together to release the video.
However, what the video successfully did was to put off people from politics, Nik Nazmi said.
"We tried to bring politics to a higher level. We tried to talk about our policies and the Buku Jingga.
"Now this throws people off politics. It's not even 18SX (a Malaysian censorship board classification for films with sexual elements), it's 80SX.
"This is not about politics and this should not be what our mainstream papers are about. It demeans public life and politicians," he lashed out in anger.
“The bigger question is, what happened to all the police reports lodged (against Datuk T)? Why is it that Datuk T have not been arrested?
“Why are the police quiet over what clearly are offences committed by the trio? We maintain that everything related to this sex video is politically motivated,” he said, claiming further that at least 30 police reports had been filed across the country against Datuk T.
Met at after the state assembly sitting in Shah Alam, Selangor Pakatan Rakyat chairperson Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said that the IGP should be clear when making such statements.
“He says it is authentic, but what is authentic? The video or the actor? And if it is authentic then what are the consequences?
“Taking the (MCA Chua Soi Lek leaked sex) video for example, the video was authentic and Chua had admitted to be the actor in the video. What has happened to him now?” he asked.
Abdul Khalid, who is also Selangor Menteri Besar, added that in any case the two sex video incidents are different as Anwar has vehemently denied that he is the man in the recording.
“Unless the IGP has evidence to say otherwise then (authenticity of the video) is not the issue,” he said.
By Regina Lee
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