Why investigate me, asks anti-crime watchdog chief after exposing senior cop in sex scandal
Anti-crime watchdog, MyWatch, chairman S. Sri Sanjeevan today questioned why he was being investigated by the police for lifting the lid on a sex scandal involving a senior police officer.
Sanjeevan told The Malaysian Insider that he had received a letter from the Inspector-General of Police's Secretariat (Disciplinary) dated July 8 that he was being investigated under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which is used to probe a word or gesture intended to insult the modesty of a person.
"My expose of this incident through MyWatch is considered to have been intended at insulting the modesty of a person," Sanjeevan said, referring to the letter.
Sanjeevan said his statement had been recorded by the police last week, and he had been asked to surrender all documents and evidence related to the case.
However, Sanjeevan has refused to cooperate as he believed police were more intent on covering up the case and protecting the senior police officer.
"Furthermore, I believe police are attempting to discover who is the whistleblower who exposed the incident to me and MyWatch."
Sanjeevan claimed if he were to hand over all the relevant evidence and documents to the police, it would be destroyed and the case would be classified as no further action (NFA).
"This sex scandal will just go the same way as all the other high-profile cases," he said.
"I want to know why the police officer who is involved not being investigated but instead, I am the one under the microscope?"
Sanjeevan said he had made it clear that he wanted to talk to either Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi or Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
"I have been informed through a third party that Khalid does not want to meet me," Sanjeevan said.
"If the authorities are sincere about cleaning up the police force, they would meet me," he added.
The letter to Sanjeevan also stated that he is being investigated under Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act 1998.
Police claimed that Sanjeevan was in possession of evidence which could be circulated through WhatsApp, or images or videos which were related to the sex scandal.
Sanjeevan is alleged to have made information about the sex scandal public in June and July via the MyWatch website.
In his earlier statement last week, Sanjeevan claimed to have received a set of documents and images of a senior police officer who was allegedly involved in a sex scandal.
Sanjeevan refused to name the senior police officer who was involved, but claimed that MyWatch was prepared to make everything public.
However, he also demanded assurances from Putrajaya, namely the prime minister and home minister, that action would not be taken against him.
In his statement, Sanjeevan claimed previous explosive revelations had been swept under the carpet by the powers-that-be instead of a full investigation being conducted.
"This is another opportunity for Putrajaya to show that they will not compromise if civil servants, especially the police, have been involved in abuse of power." – July 12, 2014.
