PKR Sungai Petani parliamentarian Johari Abdul has claimed that former Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik and Shazryl Eskay Abdullah  - a former honourary consul for Thailand - were behind the sex video purportedly involving Anwar Ibrahim.

   

“Datuk (Shazryl) NONE Eskay was the main (person behind) the screening and (the one who) narrated the whole thing,” he revealed at a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

Johari ( right in pho to ) said Shazryl Eskay had shown him “disgusting footage” on Monday in a suite of rooms at the Flamingo Hotel in Ampang, Selangor. This was mere hours after it was screened for journalists and editors at Carcosa Seri Negara in Kuala Lumpur.

“I had no choice. After some chit-chat, he suddenly clicked ‘play’ and screened the video on a large screen computer he had with him in the room. I had to watch the whole video,” Johari said, looking resigned.

Also involved, Johari said, was former Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik.

NONE “I met Datuk Eskay who greeted me warmly. Shortly afterwards, Tan Sri Rahim (right) came into the room to join us, and he also greeted me warmly,” he related.

Johari’s revelations follow a tumultuous two days after a sex video purportedly depicting PKR de facto leader Anwar, was screened for journalists and editors of mainstream and alternative media in Kuala Lumpur. Anwar has denied any involvement.

The MP related how he was contacted by his uncle, who PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail later identified as businessman and Perkasa treasurer-general Shuib Lazim, for the meeting.

He met his uncle at 4pm on Monday at De Palma Hotel, Ampang, before being taken to Flamingo Hotel.

After the screening, Johari said he consulted PKR leaders as well as discussed further action to be taken.

‘No way it’s Anwar’

Johari insisted that the man he saw having sex with an unidentified woman was not Anwar.

       

“For me, in no way is the man in the video Anwar,” he stressed.

He explained that this is because of several physical discrepancies between Anwar and the man in the footage.

“S anwar pc on sex video alledge 210311 omeone who knows Anwar well would know that it is not him,” he claimed.

He then zeroed in on four key physical characteristics of the ‘actor’ in the black and white footage - light skin tone; plump butt cheeks; wide and fleshy shoulders; and a pot belly.

“Anybody who knows him (Anwar) will know that he has a narrow (small) butt, small shoulder blades with no flesh on them and no pot belly. Anwar’s skin is also not light, we all know his skin tone,” he argued.

Anwar’s daughter Nurul Izzah, who was present, looked horrified when Johari described the contents of the tape.

Shazryl Eskay uncontactable

When contacted, Rahim told Malaysiakini that he would call back. Instead, he called a press conference late this afternoon.

NONE Shazryl Eskay (right) could not be contacted despite various attempts. Text-messages to his mobile phone went unanswered and calls to his lawyer were also fruitless - the lawyer himself said that his client is incommunicado.

However, the businessman appeared with Rahim at the 4pm press conference, which was held at the Impiana Hotel in the city centre.

Johari said in a statement that he believes - but cannot confirm that - Shazryl Eskay was the mysterious 'Datuk T' who organised the private screening of the video for journalists.

“I leave it to journalists who were there to decide,” he said, adding that he was not at Carcosa Seri Negara that day.

Rahim later revealed that he, Shazryl Eskay and Perkasa treasurer-general and ex-senator Shuib Lazim were collectively Datuk T, which is an alias for 'Datuk Trio'. 

Shazryl Eskay is also in the news because of a high-profile lawsuit .

He is suing businessman Yahya Abdul Jalil and Merong Mahawangsa Sdn Bhd for not paying him RM20 million as promised for services rendered in the controversial 'crooked' bridge project.

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