INVESTIGATION PAPERS ON SOI LEK’S SEX VIDEO TO BE SENT TO AG
KUALA LUMPUR – The investigation papers on the distribution of the sex video involving MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek will be submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers soon.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Dr Chua lodged a police report after being informed by a colleague on the distribution of envelopes containing two DVDs in several areas in Batu Pahat, Johor, which was intended to smear his image.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Dr Chua lodged a police report after being informed by a colleague on the distribution of envelopes containing two DVDs in several areas in Batu Pahat, Johor, which was intended to smear his image.
Following the report, police conducted an investigation and the investigation papers submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, before the Attorney-General ordered for further investigation, he said in a written reply to a question by Hee Loy Sian (PKR-Petaling Jaya Selatan) in Parliament Tuesday.
Hee wanted to know the rationale Dr Chua was not charged in court.
Hishammuddin said the case was investigated under Section 292/509 of the Penal Code.
In January 2008, Dr Chua resigned from his cabinet post and as MCA vice-president after admitting that the man in the sex video was him
Rachel Maddow had a lot of fun with the twisted tale of Senator John Ensign's personal life on her Monday show.
Ensign, a Nevada Republican, announced on Monday that he would not run for re-election in 2012. Maddow took the opportunity to remind viewers of why he is leaving politics--namely, the affair he had with a staffer, which he revealed in 2009.
Maddow's recounting involved copious uses of everyone's favorite Yiddish synonym for sex: "schtupping." She took particular pleasure in playing footage of Ensign's retirement speech, where he praised his staffers for their hard work.
"Uh...asterisk!" Maddow said, making the motion for the sign in the air. "What he's saying is, not the staff member I was schtupping, or the staff member whose wife I schtupped."
She also pointedly noted that Ensign had spoken in favor of a federal amendment to limit marriage to straight people. The sanctity of marriage was very important to him, she said, when he was trying to "define marriage as not for the homos."
Barisan leaders declare their support
LABIS: Several Barisan Nasional leaders yesterday declared their support for Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and wished for him to continue serving the rakyat.
LABIS: Several Barisan Nasional leaders yesterday declared their support for Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and wished for him to continue serving the rakyat.
They also hit out at those behind the DVD, saying they had employed a dirty tactic to topple a politician.
Johor MCA liaison committee deputy chairman Tan Kok Hong said the DVD was an extreme example of using dirty tactics to damage the reputation of a politician.
"If we allow this to go on, anyone could be victimised. I hope this episode will not be repeated.
"Dr Chua has a proven track record in the development of Labis, ever since he became the MP for the constituency four years ago.
Johor MCA liaison committee deputy chairman Tan Kok Hong said the DVD was an extreme example of using dirty tactics to damage the reputation of a politician.
"If we allow this to go on, anyone could be victimised. I hope this episode will not be repeated.
"Dr Chua has a proven track record in the development of Labis, ever since he became the MP for the constituency four years ago.
"He has contributed significantly to its development and has shown his dedication in improving the quality of life of the people in his constituency.
"We want him to be nominated as the candidate again in the next general election," Tan said at a press conference, which drew applause from other MCA leaders and members present.
Umno Labis division chief Datuk Sulaiman Tahar, who expressed his sadness over the matter, said Dr Chua had taken a bold step to come forward to reveal the matter rather than denying it.
He said he was disappointed that there were people out there who would intrude into other people's private life, especially if it was politically motivated.
"This is a shameless act. However, as part of the BN family, we will not allow this to shatter our unity and our spirit," he said.
Former health minister Datuk Seri Chua Jui Meng said his heart went out to Dr Chua and his family and he hoped that they would stay strong and united.
"I appreciate the fact that Dr Chua did not deny committing the act. It takes courage and humility to admit to it."
"We want him to be nominated as the candidate again in the next general election," Tan said at a press conference, which drew applause from other MCA leaders and members present.
Umno Labis division chief Datuk Sulaiman Tahar, who expressed his sadness over the matter, said Dr Chua had taken a bold step to come forward to reveal the matter rather than denying it.
He said he was disappointed that there were people out there who would intrude into other people's private life, especially if it was politically motivated.
"This is a shameless act. However, as part of the BN family, we will not allow this to shatter our unity and our spirit," he said.
Former health minister Datuk Seri Chua Jui Meng said his heart went out to Dr Chua and his family and he hoped that they would stay strong and united.
"I appreciate the fact that Dr Chua did not deny committing the act. It takes courage and humility to admit to it."
Police to probe secret recording
by Lee Shi-Ian
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will investigate the "hidden camera" aspect of the sex act involving Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek in a hotel room.
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will investigate the "hidden camera" aspect of the sex act involving Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek in a hotel room.
This follows some concerns that the secret recording of the intimate scenes captured on a widely-circulated DVD was an indication of an invasion of privacy and the possibility of more cases of sinister taping of other privileged information.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Ismail Omar said investigations would cover all aspects of the case including how the recording equipment came to be in the room at a hotel in Batu Pahat.
At present, the matter is being investigated by police under Section 292 of the Penal Code for distribution of obscene material as the discs were reportedly dropped into the postboxes of selected houses and shops in Muar and Batu Pahat.
Some concerns have been raised by readers on whether it was safe to conduct meetings, whether by senior government officials, politicians or businessmen, for fear that the room may be under electronic surveillance.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Ismail Omar said investigations would cover all aspects of the case including how the recording equipment came to be in the room at a hotel in Batu Pahat.
At present, the matter is being investigated by police under Section 292 of the Penal Code for distribution of obscene material as the discs were reportedly dropped into the postboxes of selected houses and shops in Muar and Batu Pahat.
Some concerns have been raised by readers on whether it was safe to conduct meetings, whether by senior government officials, politicians or businessmen, for fear that the room may be under electronic surveillance.
Asked to comment on this, Ismail said surveillance equipment and cameras were now available in all shapes and sizes and could even be activated from long distance.
However, the quality of the images in the DVD is thought to be grainy and unclear, indicating that the equipment used to capture the couple's activities was not top-of-the-line.
The first disc, which is about 60 minutes long, contains footage from four different angles -- suggesting four cameras in the room -- of a black-and-white recording of what appears to be a hotel room.
The second disc is an enlargement of the angle above the bed.
Police are probing who made the recordings.
However, the quality of the images in the DVD is thought to be grainy and unclear, indicating that the equipment used to capture the couple's activities was not top-of-the-line.
The first disc, which is about 60 minutes long, contains footage from four different angles -- suggesting four cameras in the room -- of a black-and-white recording of what appears to be a hotel room.
The second disc is an enlargement of the angle above the bed.
Police are probing who made the recordings.
• Statement of Datin Seri Wong Sek Hin
IT could not have been easy for Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to publicly admit he was the person in the video disc showing him and a long-time female friend having sex.
IT could not have been easy for Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to publicly admit he was the person in the video disc showing him and a long-time female friend having sex.
From a state-level politician for many years, his career rocketed when he was made a minister and subsequently became vice-president of the second largest political party in the country, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).
He was making political waves and the indications were that he would eventually go for the deputy presidency of the MCA and eventually have a shot at becoming party president.
And when he least expected it, his indiscretions caught up with him and have all but put paid to his career.
But, perhaps, that will be the least of Chua's worries.
He was making political waves and the indications were that he would eventually go for the deputy presidency of the MCA and eventually have a shot at becoming party president.
And when he least expected it, his indiscretions caught up with him and have all but put paid to his career.
But, perhaps, that will be the least of Chua's worries.
The greater burden he has to face, as a man, as a human being, as a father and as a husband, is the burden of guilt he bears for the pain he has brought upon his wife and children.
Chua could have played the denial game, like many prominent people and politicians throughout the world, including in our own country, played each time they are caught in embarrassing positions.
The tape was doctored; it was not me; it's a political ploy.
But no. Two days after the story of the tape hit the news, Chua came out, admitted his role, and left his fate to party elders, a fate that he knows is practically sealed.
Sadly, in an ironic way, Chua has displayed a sense of accountability that not many -- in fact, very few -- politicians, on either side of the spectrum, have ever displayed or shown in Malaysian politics.
Perhaps, painful as it may be to him, Chua should relinquish his government position to save himself and the government from further anguish.
By coming out in the open, Chua has saved his party leaders and cabinet peers the unenviable task of defending a colleague and friend whose position is difficult to defend.
By admitting his guilt to an act that cannot be seen as anything less than immoral, Chua has also taken the burden of guilt upon himself, as he rightly should, and spared his party and the government from second guessing whether it was indeed him on the tape or not.
But by confessing his sins, he has also paid a heavy price and deeply scarred his relations with his own family, who, by their own account, say that bar the indiscretions they were kept unaware of, Chua has been a good father and a good husband.
His wife, in her own statement through the national news agency Bernama, admits that things are not going to be easy going forward. Yet, she and her children know Chua as the father and husband he has been and will forgive him and try to move forward, tough as it may be.
Unfortunately for Chua, trust will not be easy to regain and he will have to live with his guilt for a long time, if not for the rest of his life.
What Chua did was wrong. And like it or not, we hold politicians to higher standards and we are less forgiving of their indiscretions and mistakes.
Chua is paying a very high price for his weakness and he has asked for forgiveness and appealed that we give him and his family space.
Perhaps we should ask ourselves one question when judging Chua -- who are we not to forgive him who has asked for forgiveness for have we, too, the fallible human beings that we are, not sinned at one time or another?
There may be a lesson for all of us to learn from what befell Chua and his family.
Chua could have played the denial game, like many prominent people and politicians throughout the world, including in our own country, played each time they are caught in embarrassing positions.
The tape was doctored; it was not me; it's a political ploy.
But no. Two days after the story of the tape hit the news, Chua came out, admitted his role, and left his fate to party elders, a fate that he knows is practically sealed.
Sadly, in an ironic way, Chua has displayed a sense of accountability that not many -- in fact, very few -- politicians, on either side of the spectrum, have ever displayed or shown in Malaysian politics.
Perhaps, painful as it may be to him, Chua should relinquish his government position to save himself and the government from further anguish.
By coming out in the open, Chua has saved his party leaders and cabinet peers the unenviable task of defending a colleague and friend whose position is difficult to defend.
By admitting his guilt to an act that cannot be seen as anything less than immoral, Chua has also taken the burden of guilt upon himself, as he rightly should, and spared his party and the government from second guessing whether it was indeed him on the tape or not.
But by confessing his sins, he has also paid a heavy price and deeply scarred his relations with his own family, who, by their own account, say that bar the indiscretions they were kept unaware of, Chua has been a good father and a good husband.
His wife, in her own statement through the national news agency Bernama, admits that things are not going to be easy going forward. Yet, she and her children know Chua as the father and husband he has been and will forgive him and try to move forward, tough as it may be.
Unfortunately for Chua, trust will not be easy to regain and he will have to live with his guilt for a long time, if not for the rest of his life.
What Chua did was wrong. And like it or not, we hold politicians to higher standards and we are less forgiving of their indiscretions and mistakes.
Chua is paying a very high price for his weakness and he has asked for forgiveness and appealed that we give him and his family space.
Perhaps we should ask ourselves one question when judging Chua -- who are we not to forgive him who has asked for forgiveness for have we, too, the fallible human beings that we are, not sinned at one time or another?
There may be a lesson for all of us to learn from what befell Chua and his family.
“We ... want the Attorney-General to make an immediate decision so that the said Bibles can be released by the authorities,” MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said in a statement today.
In a thinly veiled reference to Pakatan Rakyat (PR), he said prolonging the issue would give rise to “exploitation” by “irresponsible people”.
Dr Chua also stressed that freedom of religion was enshrined in the Federal Constitution and that the right to practise any faith must be respected.
In a bid to deflect criticism over the Bible seizure, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein earlier today said the release of the Bibles had been delayed pending advice from the AG.
Hishammuddin claimed the seizure of Malay-language Bibles in Port Klang and Kuching port had been due to the pending court appeal over Catholic newspaper The Herald’s use of the word “Allah” in its publications.
He gave assurance that the matter would be resolved amicably within the next few days to avoid turning it into an “emotive and polemic” issue.
Hishamuddin was responding to calls from various parties for the release of 35,000 Malay-language bibles presently kept in Port Klang and Kuching Port.
His ministry had come under fire for impounding the books, with many parties describing the move as an infringement of the constitutional guarantee to freedom of religion.
In justifying the seizures, the Home Ministry claimed that it was adhering to a 1986 Cabinet decision disallowing non-Muslims from using words like “Allah”.
But a 2009 High Court ruling allowed the Catholic Church use of the word in the Malay-language section of its news publication, which sparked off a series of church fire-bombings nationwide.
The ministry filed an appeal on the decision in February last year and won a stay, pending a decision by the Court of Appeal.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has also been dragged into the row, with Christian groups now blaming his administration for its intractable response to their repeated petitions for the Bibles’ release.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) has lashed out at the federal government for what they see as a systematic move to deny their religious rights as enshrined in the country’s highest law.
The CFM, which represents 90 per cent of churches here, as well other political parties, including DAP, PKR and MCA, have demanded the immediate release of all Bibles held under lock and key.
Barisan Nasional (BN) has bent over backwards to resolve the issue, which opposition leaders say they will capitalise on in the upcoming Sarawak state election.
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is expected to call for snap polls in early April.
While BN is in no danger of losing the government, PR is hoping to deny Taib a two-thirds majority victory in his 30th year in power.
BACK IN 1994, THE THEN CHIEF MINISTER OF MALACCA, ABDUL RAHIM THAMBY CHIK, WAS REPORTED TO HAVE RAPED A 15-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL (UNDER MALAYSIAN LAW, SEX WITH A MINOR CONSTITUTES STATUTORY RAPE). LIM GUAN ENG, CURRENTLY THE CHIEF MINISTER OF PENANG AND THE THEN MP FOR KOTA MELAKA, SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE RAPE OF A MINOR AFTER THE GIRL’S GRANDMOTHER-CUM-GUARDIAN, WHO WAS ALSO LIM’S CONSTITUENT, TURNED TO HIM FOR HELP.
HOWEVER, FAR FROM DESERVING JUSTICE, BOTH LIM AND THE SCHOOLGIRL RECEIVED THEIR “DUES”. LIM WAS JAILED FOR THREE YEARS FOR SPEAKING UP AGAINST THE RAPE WHILE THE GIRL WAS GIVEN THREE YEARS “PROTECTIVE CUSTODY”. AS FOR RAHIM, BECAUSE OF THE RAPE AND PENDING CORRUPTION CHARGES, HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN, AFTER A 12-YEAR STINT AS MALACCA’S CHIEF MINISTER.BUT THE JUDICIARY SAW RAHIM ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR A CRIME COMMITTED; THIS CAME ABOUT AFTER THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR WITHDREW THE CHARGE CITING LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST RAHIM WERE ALSO DROPPED.READMORE Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said Freedom of Religion Sex was Enshrined in the Federal Constitution the Attorney-General to make an immediate decision throw the Book at Lecherous Pakatan Rakyat Politicians
BUT THE JUDICIARY SAW RAHIM ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR A CRIME COMMITTED; THIS CAME ABOUT AFTER THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR WITHDREW THE CHARGE CITING LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST RAHIM WERE ALSO DROPPED.READMORE Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said Freedom of Religion Sex was Enshrined in the Federal Constitution the Attorney-General to make an immediate decision throw the Book at Lecherous Pakatan Rakyat Politicians
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