A Penang PKR leader says the video should be given to groups who are seen as impartial and respected by society.
SUNGAI PETANI: Penang PKR leader Jason Ong has called on the group which possesses the alleged Anwar Ibrahim sex tape to release it to organisations regarded as impartial and respected by society.
He said this would ascertain a degree of truth instead of it being “someone’s word against another’s.”
The clip was now with the cops and one wonders how long they would take to finalise their investigation, he added.
Anwar is alleged to be the protagonist in the 22-minute clip, which depicts someone who resembles the opposition leader, having sex with an unidentified woman, believed to be a prostitute.
Ong said that perhaps some quarters believed it was Anwar but he questioned the manner how the matter was managed.
He said the secretive move where selected media members were invited to view the video in a hotel with no regards to criminal laws such as viewing pornographic material in public, gave rise to suspicion that it was a conspiracy.
It showed that no effort was done to produce the alleged evidence of Anwar’s wrongdoings in a transparent way, he added
Ong, who is the Kebun Bunga state assemblyman, said this led to the public losing faith in the accusers, especially when some of them had a tainted past.
“Right now, the silent majority is quietly thinking conspiracy,” he added.
In another development, a former top news editor of a mainstream newspaper, said the media including the alternative media should report what they see, hear or smell but cannot interpret it for others as the media would then be seen as bias.
In a pressure-cooker environment surrounding the media, the ex-editor who preferred not to be named, said they should just report and let the public make conclusions.
The media, he stressed, cannot become judge, jury and executioner.
SUNGAI PETANI: Penang PKR leader Jason Ong has called on the group which possesses the alleged Anwar Ibrahim sex tape to release it to organisations regarded as impartial and respected by society.He said this would ascertain a degree of truth instead of it being “someone’s word against another’s.”
The clip was now with the cops and one wonders how long they would take to finalise their investigation, he added.
Anwar is alleged to be the protagonist in the 22-minute clip, which depicts someone who resembles the opposition leader, having sex with an unidentified woman, believed to be a prostitute.
Ong said that perhaps some quarters believed it was Anwar but he questioned the manner how the matter was managed.
He said the secretive move where selected media members were invited to view the video in a hotel with no regards to criminal laws such as viewing pornographic material in public, gave rise to suspicion that it was a conspiracy.
It showed that no effort was done to produce the alleged evidence of Anwar’s wrongdoings in a transparent way, he added
Ong, who is the Kebun Bunga state assemblyman, said this led to the public losing faith in the accusers, especially when some of them had a tainted past.
“Right now, the silent majority is quietly thinking conspiracy,” he added.
In another development, a former top news editor of a mainstream newspaper, said the media including the alternative media should report what they see, hear or smell but cannot interpret it for others as the media would then be seen as bias.
In a pressure-cooker environment surrounding the media, the ex-editor who preferred not to be named, said they should just report and let the public make conclusions.
The media, he stressed, cannot become judge, jury and executioner.
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