Why did you not disclose the nationality of the nude woman in the video-clip to help defuse the furore of the Chinese government and people that the Malaysian police was profiling Chinese visitors?

This was the question from Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang to Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar.

"While the nationality of the woman victim cannot reduce by one jot the cruelty and inhumanity of the police naked ear-squat treatment, there is the international dimension that should have been taken into account," he said in a statement today.

Lim stated that as he has said in Parliament on Dec 7, he deemed the immediate disclosure of the woman not being a Chinese national would have Home Minister Azmi Khalid in his mission to assure the Chinese government and people that there was no profiling of Chinese nationals in Malaysia.

"It is most ridiculous if a royal commission of inquiry has to be established to ascertain the nationality of the woman victim," he said, adding that such information should be disclosed to Parliament at the first available opportunity.

Undermine national interests

He said Noh had shown utter contempt for Parliament by withholding the nationality of the victim, which tantamount to a breach of parliamentary privilege.

"Noh Omar had trifled with Parliament and undermined national interests when he withheld from Parliament information in his possession about the nationality of the woman victim," he added.

Today, it was revealed that the woman performed ears-squats in the nude in the infamous video clip was a Malay Malaysian , contrary to wide speculation that she was a Chinese national.

The video sparked a public outcry and has soured bilateral relationship with China. Azmi was later sent on a fence-mending mission to Beijing.