The alleged screening of an x-rated programme o­n television yesterday was not done to sabotage the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit or the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) leaders informal meeting in Kuala Lumpur, said Information Minister Khalil Yaakob today.

According to a Bernama report, he said the ministry would investigate the claim and a police report has also been lodged regarding the matter.

The Malay Mail reported today that a pastor in Kuala Lumpur had chanced upon the screening, which lasted for more than an hour.

Jasoodasan Vathananikam said he had returned home from a prayer meeting at about 12.30am and switched o­n the television to catch the updates o­n the NAM summit.

However, the 41-year-old pastor was shocked to discover an x-rated movie being showcased.

He said he switched his television set o­n and off every 15 minutes to see how long the screening lasted and it ended after 2am.

Three segments

Jasoodasan added that there were at least three segments, the first involving Caucasians, followed by Japanese and a black couple.

The pastor later lodged a police report over the matter.

"I am making the report as a concerned father because I have two sons, who are 12 and three."

"No parent would want their children to view such material," the daily quoted him as saying.

However, the report did not specify whether the programme was aired o­n the state-owned RTM channels or the private TV3 and NTV 7 channels.

Malaysia hosted the 13th NAM summit, which ended yesterday.