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Malaysian minister says in sex video
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian minister admitted on Tuesday
he was featured in a widely circulated sex video, triggering a
fresh scandal that could deeply embarrass the government ahead of
snap elections.
Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said he has apologized to the prime
minister and other party leaders over the scandal, but added that
he would not resign from the cabinet.
"I am the man in the tape. The girl is a personal friend," the
60-year-old Chua said in a statement released at a news conference
in his home state of Johor bordering Singapore.
His admission came hours after the local Star newspaper said two
DVDs, showing a man resembling a senior politician and a woman
engaging in various sexual acts, were being widely distributed in
the state.
Chua, who is married, said he did not make the DVDs, which the Star
said were closed-circuit recordings in a hotel room. One DVD lasted
56 minutes and the other 44 minutes.
"I would like to emphasize I did not make the tape myself," he
said. "Who have done this is not important. What is most important
is that my family, wife and children have accepted my
apology."
Chua, a leader of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), part of
the ruling coalition, said he had met the prime minister over the
incident.
"I have seen Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy PM
Najib (Razak) and MCA president Ong Ka Ting and I have personally
apologized to them."
"I appeal to the press to give me and my family some space during
this difficult time."
Abdullah's four-year-old administration has been saddled with major
political problems lately, a sign he may be forced to delay
elections beyond March, when many had expected them to take
place.
In late November, more than 10,000 ethnic Indians took to the
streets in an unprecedented protest to complain of racial
discrimination.
(Reporting by Jalil Hamid)