Police investigations into a video clip showing a naked woman being abused are expected to be completed early next week, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan said today.

"The case is under investigation. I have directed the investigation. We hope by next Monday we will know the results," he told reporters after attending a function at the Police Museum in Kuala Lumpur today.

He said the investigations would be monitored by Bukit Aman and assured that police 'would not hide the truth'.

"Whether you are a foreigners or local or even if you are a police officer, if you break the law we will take action. We will not hide anything," he said.

The one-minute video clip which showed a nude woman being forced to do ear squats in a police station sparked outrage in Parliament yesterday when shown by DAP's Seputeh MP Teresa Kok to ministers and the press.

The clip began with a female police officer ordering the naked woman to do the squats, indicating with her hands that the detainee was to hold her ears while doing them.

Body searches okay

Musa , however, insisted that under the law, police personnel have the right to conduct body search on a detainee.

"But if the detainee is a woman, then only a policewoman can search her. There is nothing wrong," he said, adding that the search must be carried in a closed area.

Asked if ear squats were part of police procedure in the lock-up, Musa refused to comment.

"I can't say (whether ear squats) are allowed. We are still investigating. If we find any of our officers abusing their power, we will take action," he said, adding that mobile phones, even those belonging to police personnel, were not allowed in police lock-ups.

On a related matter, Musa said investigations into reports by four Chinese women against Petaling Jaya police personnel for wrongful detention and abuse would also be completed soon.

"(The investigations) are still on. We will complete it as soon as possible," he said.

Musa reportedly later held a closed door meeting with the Petaling Jaya district police chief but was tightlipped on the details.

Abu Ghraib parallel

Meanwhile, Kok called for an immediate inquiry into the nude woman video clip case which she said has tarnished the image of Malaysia as a Muslim country.

"It is definitely a great embarrassment to our country. Yes, it is our own Abu Ghraib," she told AFP.

The agency also quoted Bar Council Malaysia chairperson Yeo Yang Poh as saying that when the Abu Ghraib scandal pictures surfaced, Malaysia joined the rest of the world in demanding an "immediate, independent, thorough, transparent and accountable inquiry.

"We cannot demand anything less now, with regard to our own domestic scandal.

"It (the video clip) is a disgusting show of one human being, having forsaken all sense of decency, treating another human being in a degrading, humiliating and wanton manner," he said.