SEX VIDEO RECORDING GENUINE, SAYS IGP

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) -- Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ismail
Omar said Friday that a sex video clip allegedly involving an opposition
politician and a woman suspected to be a prostitute was a genuine recording.

He said this was confirmed by local experts conducting an investigation into
the video clip.

Ismail also said that the probe, by a special team from Bukit Aman, was in
the closing stages and that the investigation papers would be handed over to the
Attorney-General's Chambers soon.

"It is hereby announced that the (video) investigation is in the closing
stages. This means that the police have accepted the experts' report on the
authenticity of the video (recording). In other words, the recording is
genuine," he told reporters at the Police Training Centre (Pulapol), here.

Ismail, however, did not name the characters in the video clip.

He said three individuals were arrested, but were released on police bail.
However, he declined to reveal the identities of the three.

The police would seek the assistance of anyone at all to help in the
investigation into the case, he said.

Businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, Shuaib Lazim, the
treasurer-general of the Malay right-wing group Perkasa and former Melaka Chief
Minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik, who initially identified themselves as
"Datuk T" (T for trio), exposed the existence of the sex video on March 21.

The next day, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim lodged a police report
saying that he was not the man in the sex video, and the police launched their
investigation.

On the adenovirus infection, Ismail said only one woman police trainee was
at
Kuala Lumpur Hospital while six other trainees had been quarantined.

"The woman trainee is not in serious condition and is in a normal ward," he
said.
"The situation at Pulapol is normal. Soon, the basic training for inspectors
and constables will resume. I took a look at the measures taken by the Pulapol
commandant to ensure cleanliness there," he said.

Ismail said he had asked the Pulapol authorities to carry out a
"gotong-royong" (self-help) clean-up of the area.

Three Pulapol trainees have died of adenovirus infection.