UMNO is not involved in the circulation of a video clip involving a man resembling Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali engaged in a sex act with another man, said former prime minister Najib Razak.

Instead, Najib said the scandal is likely the work of warring factions within PKR and Pakatan Harapan (PH).

“It’s ridiculous to blame Umno. It is not done by us,” Najib said of the sex video that was widely shared by an unknown source earlier this week.

“They (PKR and PH) are aware of what is the truth.

“What is important is the truth, morality and ethics,” he said at Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan’s open house in Kg Tanjung Rantau, Rembau in Negri Sembilan.

Azmin, who is also PKR deputy president, has denied being in the man in the sex video, calling them a “nefarious plot” to destroy his political career.

Police have investigated Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam on suspicion of illegally distributing pornographic material, specifically the sex video.

A police source told The Malaysian Insight that a Bukit Aman team had confiscated Lokman’s phone to check if it had been used to transmit the videos to other sources.

Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz, the principal private secretary to Deputy Primary Industries Minister Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, had admitted via a confession video to being the man in the video with Azmin.

Haziq was arrested at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang yesterday.

Police said the investigation on the case is expected to be completed today and Haziq will be freed on bail.

However, a remand will be made if the investigation process does not conclude today. – June 15, 2019.