CONFUSION and disbelief. 

Relatives and friends of Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz and his family have not been able to come to terms with the sex video scandal involving the 27-year-old Sarawakian and a federal minister.

People in Kuching who know the Santubong PKR Youth chief said Haziq could not possibly be the man in bed with the minister, alleged to be Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Azmin has consistently denied being in the video.

A family friend said Haziq’s family were confident he would be exonerated in ongoing investigations. 

Haziq was detained by police at KLIA yesterday about 5.30pm.

On Wednesday, a video was posted on his Facebook account, in which Haziq confessed that he and Azmin were the men in the sex video that had gone viral on Tuesday. Haziq also lodged a police report on Thursday alleging threats to his life. 

A family friend, who declined to be named, said it was hard to believe one of the men in the video is Haziq.

“That man in the sex video has a much bigger physique. And he does not have the facial features familiar to the family,” he said.

When asked what these features were, the friend declined to comment, saying such information should be left to the police to investigate.

The friend also said Haziq could not be gay as he had a girlfriend he was planning to settle down with.

Haziq’s family home at Lorong Cenderawasih in Petra Jaya has remained quiet, although journalists were able to catch sight of movement within the house.

A neighbour said it was likely the person in the house is Haziq’s younger sister, reportedly in her 20s.

Police visited the house about 3.30pm yesterday in search of Haziq.

His father, Abdul Aziz Ibrahim, had lodged a police report about 1am yesterday claiming the police had forced their way into his home.

Police have denied the allegation, with Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani saying that the police team that went to the house had not abused their power and had complied with standard operating procedures.

An extremely nervous aunt, who met journalists at the gate of the house, pleaded with the media to give the family privacy, saying the family would speak to the press “at the right time”.

Haziq’s parents have reportedly moved out of the house to temporarily seek shelter at his paternal grandfather’s home following his video confession on Wednesday.

A neighbour from across the road, Jeli Abdullah, said he was not close to Haziq’s family.

The retiree said he could not recall Haziq ever talking with him or the other neighbours, even though Haziq’s mother and all his seven maternal aunts and their extended families live just across the street on property inherited from his grandmother.

“They don’t chit-chat with anyone. I have no idea who they are.

“Very quiet people,” the 78-year-old Jeli said. – June 15, 2019.