Utusan wants full sex video to be released
(The Malaysian Insider) – Utusan Malaysia wants a full and quick public release of a sex video allegedly featuring Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to stop speculation on the matter.
The Malay daily’s assistant editor-in-chief, Zaini Hassan, in his weekly column, said sooner — within a day or two if possible — the secretly recorded video was shown in its entirety, the sooner Malaysians would cease talk that may damage the government’s reputation.
“Let the rest of the video be shown… This is not a question of whether it is pornography. This has become an academic and Syariah question,” he said, pointing out that Syariah demanded that truth be upheld.
Zaini urged those who leaked a 107-second clip from the sex video to release it in full in the name of transparency, arguing that if they wanted to “strip” someone they should do so without reservation.
He said there had to additional footage from close-circuit television cameras (CCTV) of the man alleged to be Anwar walking into the hotel lobby and elevator before entering the bedroom shown in the video.
“Why only a minute? Release all 20 minutes,” he said.
“I will admit that I know the image from that one minute. If I am wrong, then I am wrong. I only saw it for a minute. If possible, to prove that I am not wrong, I want to watch the whole thing.”
If the video cannot be shown to the public, it should at least be screened to party leaders and MPs so that those who represent the people can make up their own minds, Zaini added.
He said if there was still no consensus on the identity of the man in the sex video after that, the recording should be brought before a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) like in Teoh Beng Hock’s case.
