VIDEO | 1.41 min

PAS vice-president Husam Musa believes that the latest sex video purportedly involving a senior leader of a Pakatan Rakyat party is a "fake" and that his party need not investigate.

NONE "It can be made up. If they can make up videos involving (PKR de facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim, they can make up videos of anyone.

"I don't think PAS has to investigate this," he said when met this morning.

Eight days before nomination day, a video allegedly of a senior PAS leader made its rounds of several pro-Umno bloggers since late yesterday.

It depicts an individual having sex with an unidentified woman in what appeared to be a hotel room and then later getting dressed.

Pro-Umno blogger Papagomo has alleged that the woman was paid by PKR, insinuating infighting within the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

The video has since been removed from YouTube .

'Culprits will face God's wrath'

Husam, who was on his campaign trail at Putrajaya meeting with workers today, said those behind the video will face God's wrath.

"The perpetrators will be punished by God ( dilaknat ) twice.

"In Islam, even if something is true, you cannot spread it around and shame people," said Husam, who will contest in the federal administrative capital.

On another note, Husam has said that it will have no impact on Pakatan's campaign.

NONE "Only in Malaysia do we have these sex video issues.

"Here in Putrajaya, we stand for the rule of law. Those behind the video should be nabbed," he said.

At a press conference later, he told reporters that he did not watch the video, but believes that its release is "politically timed" so the motive is clearly political in nature.

"Due to its political motives, it is likely that this is merely the creative political work of those who are... well, what can I call these types of people... those who are not nice," he said.

He also stressed that the onus is on the authorities to investigate, and that PAS' disciplinary committee will only step in if the authorities "surrender, that they cannot look into it".

When queried whether a police report has been lodged on the matter, he said: "Don't the police have eyes of their own? If someone breaks into a house, would the police wait for a police report to act?"

He added that the negative impact will not befall Pakatan, but to those who choose to let such things - like the distribution of sex videos - go unpunished.

"The people I have met are fed up with politics of slander, insults and sex. We need to move (on) towards civilised politics," he said.

He noted that this includes moving away from issues like the multi-million ringgit ring which the caretaker prime minister's wife, Rosmah Mansor, has been accused of buying.

Pakatan to ignore side stories

"Why must a jewellery company come out with a statement (to deny it) and (for Rosmah) to come out with a memoir?

"It has nothing to do with us as citizens. If she did buy it, we can only look at it anyway. I am confident that Pakatan will be more focused in this election, and ignore the side stories," he said.

NONE Meanwhile, Terengganu police say that they have arrested two individuals, said to be PKR members, who were allegedly distributing VCDs of the video in Besut yesterday.

The video comes following Anwar's warning on March 29 that more sex videos are being planned against Pakatan in the run up to the hotly contested general election.

“I have received information from Prime Minister Najib Razak’s side, that in two more weeks there will be more trouble (for me).

“His abuse and slander will be more fantastic, more terrible.

“They want to create a crisis of confidence (against me) and they do not care whether (the allegations) are true or not,” Anwar said during a ceramah in Batu.

Other Pakatan leaders who have been smeared in the same manner are Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar and incumbent Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim .

Related stories

Another sex video, this time allegedly of a PAS leader

Mustafa's lawyer says it's pure slander by Umno

PKR denies links to video of senior opposition leader