I had avoided reading about the Anwar sex clip apart from the initial report of the X-rated screening in Carcosa by what now has been revealed to be some UMNO supporters. It was, to me, clear that this is another attempt to put innuendo and suspicion into the minds of Malaysians without any regard to truth. The only thing that came to mind was why the police have not arrested those responsible for the screening in a public place of an X-rated sex clip.

So it was with bemusement when I came across a headline in the Sun that reads: “Sex clip, watch with police”. Not knowing about the issue with a certain Omega watch that the purveyors of the X-rated clip had offered as evidence, I thought that the police was advising the public not to commit the crime of watching the sex clip, but to watch it with them in the police station if they merely wish to view the clip to ascertain for themselves who the primary actors in the clip were.

But it was with incredulity that I read another article subsequently that quoted the IGP as saying that the sex video was “not doctored” but refused to identify the main actor in the clip. It seems that local experts have already been called in to examine the clip and came to that conclusion. To “leak” information about an ongoing investigation surely smacks of prejudicial intent. There was no need at all for the IGP to offer such information to the public.

In the meantime nothing has been done about those who have clearly gone against the law in screening the clip.

Last week I read a report that the police have finished their investigation into the death of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed. They concluded that he died from head injuries due to a fall from the MACC building in Cheras. What this means is that the police, the UKM Medical Centre and the Chemistry Department have all agreed that it was head injuries that caused Ahmad Sarbani’s death and that these injuries were the result of a fall from a high place. However the police DID NOT investigate the question of whether foul play was involved because, according to the KL police chief, Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, they were merely investigating an incident classified as “sudden death”. He told reporters that it is now up to the AG to decide on the next course of action.

It seems that in a case where a man, who according to his family and colleagues, had no reason to commit suicide, a man whose lifestyle and personality would not lead you to think that he was a corrupt officer, a man whose death immediately brings up another case that has been hotly debated and investigated and is currently under a RCI—that in such a case the police needs the direction of the AG as to whether they should investigate for criminal elements.

In a case where a group of people have clearly contravened the law by screening an X-rated video in a public place, where that group have already confessed that they were the ones responsible for the screening, where those invited to the screening have said that such a screening did take place—in such a case the police have taken no action. INSTEAD they have spent time and money to ascertain whether the sex video was a fake AND the IGP, no less, has deemed it important enough to tell the public that indeed the sex video was not a fake. What the crime was that they were investigating I am unsure, unless the police deems that it is no crime to publicly screen a sex video which is fake.

In an earlier case involving the murder of Altantuya, the police and AG have prosecuted and obtained a conviction against two members of the police force whose only connection to the victim was that they were both assigned to the office of Datuk Seri Najib, a person who was implicated as involved with Altantuya through the testimony of the victim’s cousin, in court. (Information from Wikipedia). However they have failed in their case against Abdul Razak Baginda, a man closely associated with Najib. In deciding not to appeal against his aquittal, they have failed to pursue the larger (and more credible) question of whether someone had instigated the murder.

And in the case of the death of Teoh Beng Hock we have the MACC questioning Teoh for 9 hours, through the night, over a case involving RM2,500, of which he is not even a suspect. But I have yet to read of such zealousness in the investigation of the PKFZ scandal, which involved billions of ringgit.

In the past week I have read reports claiming that serious money has changed hands during the Sarawak Election. At the same time Bersih Chairperson Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan was denied entry into Sarawak days before the election. Others also denied entry were Steven Ng, Wong Chin Huat and Haris Ibrahim. The Election Commission is left protesting their neutrality while the police remains fascinated by Omega watches and sex videos.

The question we need to ask is “why”? Why does it take the IGP to tell us about the authenticity of the sex video? Why did the prosecution decide not to appeal Razak Baginda’s acquittal despite saying they would earlier? Why did the KL police chief leave it to the AG to decide what next to do in the case of Ahmad Sarbani while his own men did the most basic investigation of the death—ascertain cause of death? Why was so much effort spent on Teoh Beng Hock over a case that involved a few thousand ringgit while other allegations of mishandling of funds by even the Auditor-General seemed to scarcely warrant a comment? Why have the police taken no action against those who screened an X-rated video in a public place but have been quick to take action when it comes to ceramahs by Anwar Ibrahim, or peaceful gatherings by members of the public holding candles?

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