The 'Datuk T' trio, who exposed the sex video involving a man resembling an opposition leader, will be protected under the Witness Protection Act and Whistleblower Act should the authorities feel they have a case.

NONE Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the Acts could be used to protect the three individuals involved in making the video public.

"However, both Acts need not be used at the moment as no party has been prosecuted and the case is still under police investigation," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby yesterday, when asked to comment on protection laws available to the three.

Former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer Shuib Lazim, have admitted that they were part of the Datuk T trio responsible for keeping and screening the video to members of the media at Carcosa Seri Negara last week.

PKR advisor Anwar Ibrahim has denied that he was the man in the video and lodged a police report on the matter.

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Following the revelation, the individuals also came forward for interrogation by Bukit Aman police and handed over the video and an Omega watch as proof.

Nazri said the matter did not only revolve around the law but also involved morals.

However in SMS alert to a local daily today, he made an about turn, saying: "'Datuk T' cannot get protection under the Whistleblower Act, as they had already revealed themselves."

hishammuddin hussein ppsmi languanges debate issue 260209 04 Meanwhile, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein is working on a suit against Anwar for accusing him to be involved in the exposing the sex video implicating an opposition leader, sources said.

Home Ministry sources said Hishammuddin had appointed lawyer Cecil Abraham to represent him in the suit.

Anwar, in several media reports, claimed that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Hishammuddin and police were involved in exposing the sex video.

Najib and Hishammuddin had denied the claim.

- Bernama

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