Deputy Inspector - General of Police (DIGP) Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the police were not legally bound to reveal the identity of the man in the sex video who resembled an opposition leader. He said the case was being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code which concerned possession and distribution of pornographic material and did not require the police to make the man's identity known.
"If we act beyond our legal boundaries, we may be accused of being involved in politics.
"We are only doing our job by investigating this case, but we won't reveal what we cannot. Don't force us as we are only following the law," he told reporters after attending a brainstorming session with Johor police contingent leaders, which was also attended by state police chief Datuk Mokhtar Mohd Sharif.
Khalid was responding to a statement made by Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (KITA) chief Datuk Zaid Ibrahim today which claimed that the police's credibility would be affected if they hesitated to reveal the identity of the man in the sex video.
Khalid said police had completed the investigation into the distribution and screening of the sex video and it was up to the Attorney-General's Chambers to take further action.
"We have done all that was asked by the public prosecutor," he said.
On the brainstorming session today, he said the Johor police discussed new approaches to reduce public fear towards crime. He said Johor police had reduced crime by 20 per cent this year in the state's hot spots from the number of cases last year.
He added that police had set up 25 police beats in the hot spots of Johor Baharu and Iskandar Malaysia, with plans to add 25 more beats to fight crime.
