涉及公正黨領袖的男男性愛短片事件，不只還沒落幕，似乎越演越激烈。
我們不斷加料， 讓這課題保持熱辣，追問視頻的真實性，高級部長的性取向和公正黨內部的權力鬥爭，即以保守的禁忌同性戀來終結阿茲敏的政治生涯──就像21年前摧毀拿督斯里安華一樣，成了新聞的焦點。
雖然首相馬哈迪在此事上沒有表態，並交由警方處理，但安華的支持者不禁懷疑，這會否是馬哈迪的政治因果報應？馬哈迪在1998年時，就基於類似的指控，而革除時任副首相安華。
在一個更容忍LGBTQ（同志、跨性別者）的時代，人們可能會想許多年輕的馬來西亞人會認為這不是一個大問題；只要有關政治人物能夠以誠信和專業的態度為國家服務。
然而， 對於一個建立在保守的亞洲和伊斯蘭價值觀上的國家，再加上把肛交視為違法的國度──很明顯，性成了謀殺人格的首選武器。那些利用性課題，作為政治武器的人，其對我們領導人的「性」事關注，更多於他們管理國家的能力。
公開聲明徒增疑團
一些機構如警方， 似乎也在扮演著讓事件繼續延燒的角色，如全國警察總長拿督斯里阿都哈密針對男男性愛短片，發布警方調查聲明時，反而留下疑團。阿都哈密說，馬來西亞網絡安全機構已驗證了視頻的真實性，但無法確定影片中人物身份。
這讓我想起了，2008年牽扯出司法醜聞如大法官人選委任的VK林甘視頻聽證會上，當事人VK林甘的經典辯詞，「看起來像我，聽起來像我，但這不是我」。
對於阿茲敏的支持者來說， 這樣一個巨大的疑團，對他們主子是一種傷害，尤其阿茲敏被視為未來或不久將來的潛在首相人選。
但全國警察總長阿都哈密也透露了以下信息：該視頻是某政黨領導人試圖破壞某個人聲譽的「邪惡陰謀」的一部分。雖然阿都哈密沒有點出是誰，但其言論使安華不得不站出來澄清。畢竟，警方在查明何方錄製男男性愛短片案件上，已拘留了安華的政治秘書法哈茲協助調查。
更重要的是，阿都哈密如果在這案件上不慎言，他和警隊將被指責淪為政治鬥爭的工具，即安華和所謂的馬哈迪首選繼任者阿茲敏之間，真實或想像出來的權力鬥爭工具。
別讓警隊淪為棋子
當年，全國警察總長拉欣諾毆打安華的黑眼圈事件，也讓警隊備受指責，這一事件在一定程度上，也證實了長期以來一些人的看法，即警方也有其效忠的政治主人。
在許多案件上，警方不時以「正在進行調查」理由，而保持沉默。但在此次事件上，阿都哈密雖表明，他不能透露過多，因其言論會被用在隨後的法庭審訊上，可實際上，他已經說得夠多了。
全國警察總長對案件的推論，足以讓公眾得出一個結論，暗指公正黨主席涉及，也對未來首相接任計劃製造不確定性。未來首相繼承計劃，旨在讓國家面對著全球經濟衰退和公共資金遭盜用如一馬公司醜聞帶來的財務危機中，帶來穩定和確定性。其合理的推論，將引起「公眾的不安」，這是最諷刺的。如果他確實有充足的理由而做出如此的推斷，他也應用同樣的理由去逮捕該政黨領袖，並由控方提出證據後，交由法院裁決。
馬來西亞人已厭倦了齷齪政治，在最新的案例中，人們感到他們的信任和選票被一些微不足道政客消費了，這些政客似乎忘記了他們正在管理著這個國家。這包括阿茲敏和安華──我們的首相人選， 他們也在這醜聞中，採取非生產性的抨擊手段。
同樣，人們對阿都哈密，這名當年在一馬公司醜聞調查上，因要求展開透明調查，而被調職到首相署，有原則及立場的警官，寄予很大的希望。人們希望他不會自毀聲望，說出的話，讓人懷疑他是在維護法律，還是如其前任般被指控為某方的政治棋子。
《警察總長應謹言慎行》（IGP on sex video: Saying enough, without saying much）原文：
The ongoing saga of the footage of a person resembling Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali engaged in sexual activities with another man seems to be having a longer shelf life than initially thought.
We keep adding fuel to keep the issue hot and spicy, where headlines are dominated by questions of the validity of the footage, the sexual orientation of a senior minister and a power struggle within PKR where conservatively taboo gay sex is being used to end Azmin's political career — just as it was used to all but destroy Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's 21 years ago.
While Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has chosen to remain coy about the matter and leave the matter to the police, Anwar's supporters cannot help but wonder if this is Karma paying Dr. Mahathir a visit after he sacked Anwar as deputy prime minister in 1998 over similar allegations.
In a time that is more tolerant of LGBTQ issues, one would guess that many younger Malaysians would wonder what the big deal is; as long as once can serve the nation with integrity and professionalism.
However, for a country that is built on conservative Asian and Islamic values, coupled with a penal code which makes sodomy a crime — it is obvious that sex is the weapon of choice to kill someone's character.
Those who use sex as a political weapon play on society's general primal fixation on our leaders' sexual exploits than their ability to administer the country.
It also does not help that institutions such as the police seem to be playing a role in prolonging the issue with the Inspector General of Police (IGP)'s statement on the outcome of the investigations into the authenticity of the footage depicting PKR Santubong Youth Chief Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz engaged in sexual acts with another man who resembles Azmin.
Instead of issuing a statement after investigations have been concluded, IGP Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador left the matter hanging saying that while Cybersecurity Malaysia has verified the authenticity of the video footage, the facial recognitions were inconclusive, hence the individuals in the footage could not be positively identified.
This harkens back to the "looks like me, sounds like me but it's not me" defence that lawyer Datuk VK Lingam adopted during his trial in 2008 for attempting to fix judicial appointments.
To Azmin's supporters it is a disservice to their man as there is a huge doubt hovering over Azmin — who is seen as a potential prime minister in the near or not too near future.
But Abdul Hamid also volunteered the following information: that the video is part of "an evil conspiracy" led by the leader of a political party to damage the reputation of an individual.
While his name was not mentioned, Abdul Hamid's remarks will put Anwar on the defence. After all, his political secretary Farhash Wafa Salvador is already in police custody as part of investigations into who filmed and distributed the video.
More importantly, if Abdul Hamid is not cautious with his public remarks in this case, he and most significantly the Royal Malaysian Police stand to be accused of being a political tool in the real or imagined leadership tussle between Anwar and Dr Mahathir's supposed preferred successor, Azmin.
Anwar's black eye courtesy of then IGP Tan Sri Rahim Noor was also a black eye to the force, where the incident to an extent, confirmed long held beliefs that the police too had its political masters.
How many times have the police kept mum because "investigations were ongoing" in other cases? While Abdul Hamid cautioned that he could not say more out of concern that his words would be used in any ensuing trial, he had said enough.
His inference was enough for the public to draw a conclusion implicating the PKR president and create uncertainty into a succession plan that was meant to bring stability and certainty to a country that is still reeling from the financial impact of the global economic downturn and the looting of public funds via 1MDB.
It will cause"unrest among the public" — which Abdul Hamid ironically reasoned when announcing the latest findings.
If indeed he has justification to make this remark, he must then have the justification to arrest this political party leader, leaving the conclusion of his involvement to be drawn by a court of law, following the tendering of evidence by the prosecution.
Malaysians are fed up of gutter politics and with this latest episode the people feel their trust and votes are being squandered by petty politicians who seem to forget that they are now running the country.
And this includes Azmin and Anwar — our prime ministerial hopefuls — who are taking unproductive potshots at each other over this scandal.
In the same vein, much hope had been placed on Abdul Hamid as a principled officer who had paid the price after being transferred to the Prime Minister's Department, for standing his ground and pursuing investigations on the 1MDB affair.
One hopes that he does not do his stellar reputation a disservice by saying things that makes one wonder if he is upholding the law or is playing the pawn in a political chess game that some of his predecessors have been accused of.