The police are not legally bound to reveal the identity of the man resembling an Opposition leader in the controversial sex video, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said.
He said the case was being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code, which concerned possession and distribution of pornographic material and did not require the police to make the man's identity known.
"If we act beyond our legal boundaries, we may be accused of being involved in politics.
"We are only doing our job by investigating this case, but we won't reveal what we cannot. Don't force us as we are only following the law," he told reporters here Wednesday, after attending a brainstorming session with Johor police contingent leaders, which was also attended by state police chief Datuk Mokhtar Mohd Sharif.
Khalid was responding to a statement made by Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) chief Datuk Zaid Ibrahim which claimed that the police's credibility would be affected if they hesitated to reveal the identity of the man in the sex video.
Khalid said police had completed the investigation into the distribution and screening of the sex video and it was up to the Attorney-General's Chambers to take further action.
"We have done all that was asked by the public prosecutor," he said.
