Nazri: PR stands to gain from sex video RCI
By Yow Hong Chieh, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — A royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on the alleged Anwar sex video would possibly benefit not just Barisan Nasional (BN) but the opposition as well, de facto law minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has said.
He said both sides stood to gain from an RCI probe as Pakatan Rakyat (PR) needs a “neutral body” to clear its leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s name while BN has to prove it did not mastermind the sex video expose.
But the Padang Rengas MP cautioned that both BN and PR also stood to lose if the royal commission did not find in their favour.
He pointed out that if Anwar is proven innocent, PR would get a big political boost at BN’s expense while the tables would be turned if the reverse were true.
“So what’s there to fear, Karpal?” Nazri told The Malaysian Insider at Parliament today.
“We also have our worries. So why is Karpal so worried?”
DAP national chairman Karpal Singh said earlier today there was no need for an RCI to look at “inconsequential” matters like the sex video as the 21-minute recording had no bearing on national interest.
He said it was more crucial for police to focus on the alleged crimes committed by “Datuk T” trio Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik, Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Datuk Shuib Lazim, who had admitted to screening the video.
Karpal said all three could be charged under Section 292 of the Penal Code and Section 5 of the Film Censorship Act for allegedly distributing obscene material as well as criminal defamation and criminal intimidation.
