KUALA LUMPUR — The release of sex videos attacking Malaysian minister Mohamed Azmin Ali is an “organised and systematic” attempt to bring him down, alleged lawyer N. Surendran on Tuesday (June 18)

Mr Surendran, who acts as Mr Azmin’s counsel, also insisted that the videos are “fake”, and are “a slanderous and politically-motivated attack” against the economic affairs minister.

“There are obvious signs of an organised and systematic attempt to discredit and bring down the minister with this false and malicious attack. The perpetrators had access to leaked personal data of party members, sophisticated means and a clear political agenda.

“We trust the police will get to the bottom of this soon, and identify and take action against the culprits according to law,” he said in a brief statement.

Mr Surendran also confirmed that Mr Azmin’s office was contacted by the police on Sunday (June 16) to record his statement as part of their investigation, and Mr Azmin subsequently did so on Monday.

On Monday, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Mazlan Mansor also said the police have recorded 21 statements as part of their investigation, and 17 police reports have been lodged to date.

Mr Azmin, who is People's Justice Party (PKR) deputy president, has been implicated in a three-minute video clip featuring two men having sex.

Mr Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz, a fellow PKR member and senior aide to Primary Industries Deputy Minister Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, has accused Mr Azmin of being his sexual partner in the videos.

Mr Azmin has denied this and called for investigations into claims that his own party members may have leaked the sex videos implicating him.

He had pointed out that the sex videos were circulated through a WhatsApp group that contained the phone numbers of PKR division leaders and lower-rank office bearers. MALAY MAIL