The police have taken statements from 14 people so far in their investigations into the leaked nude photographs of Selangor Exco member and Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Mohammad Sabtu Osman however said Wong's former boyfriend Hilmi Malik was not one of those whose statement had been taken by the police.

police sabtu osman pc on elizabeth wong nude photos and karpal singh 270209 02 He added that the police were still in the process of locating Hilmi who is expected to be a key witness in the case.

"He is not a suspect in this case. He is just a witness," Mohammad Sabtu told reporters in his office at the city police headquarters today.

He said that although the police had heard information that Hilmi was in Kuala Lumpur, this however could not be confirmed.

"But as for as we know he is in Jakarta," he said.

The police chief said that investigation into the matter was underway and can be wrapped up as soon as strong evidence has been gathered.

He also offered no further details on the 14 people who had given their statements so far.

Last week the KL police team visited the offices of The Malay Mail and The Sun to take statements from journalists and others who had received a copy of the CD containing Wong's nude photographs.

Wong, who is away on a long leave, got caught in the controversy after her nude photographs were posted on the Internet, prompting her to offer to resign from her party and government posts.

Hindraf supporters warned

On another matter, Mohammad Sabtu warned supporters of Hindraf's legal advisor P Uthayakumar not to gather at the Brickfields police station in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow morning.

uthayakumar hindraf taiping hospital 170209 02 He said that the police had heard reports that about 500 people had planned to gather at the police station to lodge a report against the government for failing to give proper medical treatment for Uthayakumar, an Internal Security Act detainee.

"Don't gather at the police station. We will allow only three people if they want to lodge a police report," he said.

He also said that the police would arrest anyone who took part in an illegal assembly.

Similarly anyone wearing anything which has the Hindraf logo will also be arrested, he added. The government banned the movement last October.

When contacted for reaction, Hindraf coordinator S Jayathas said the police can't stop people from lodging report.

"We expect about 1,000 people and if they police only allow three persons to lodge a report, we will then send in three persons at a time to lodge reports," he told Malaysiakini .

violent attack towards dap karpal singh and lim lip eng at parliament 260209 02 On the actions by Umno Youth members to mob DAP chairperson Karpal Singh in Parliament yesterday, Mohammad Sabtu said the police had not received any reports from either parties.

He also refused to comment on an accusation by Karpal that the police had not interfered to help him yesterday while he was being surrounded by the angry crowd.

About 20 Umno Youth members had stopped Karpal from entering Parliament, wanting him to apologise to them for making caustic remarks about the movement.