KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Community Communications Department (J-KOM) director-general, Datuk Mohammad Agus Yusoff, claims the video of his conversation with a staff member, which went viral since Thursday (November 16) evening, had been edited by an irresponsible party.
He denied having an indecent conversation as depicted in the three-minute video clip, adding that he was having a normal conversation and saying hello to assistant J-KOM officer Abdul Wahab Abdul Kadir Jilani, 33, the individual in the video.
“My officers and I are used to making video calls with subordinates for work matters everywhere. I see nothing wrong with it. Wahab is a young boy. My eldest son is older than him.
“What do you want to know? Is this my first time making a video call? I do it with everyone, the director, my staff, my friends; I think that is normal, there is nothing wrong with it,” Agus said during a special press conference at a hotel in Bandar Baru Bangi yesterday evening.
Also present was Abdul Wahab, who was also linked to the video and had served for only two weeks as an assistant JKOM officer since November 1.
He insisted that the conversation with Abdul Wahab was normal and casual.
Agus also did not rule out the possibility it might be done by parties unhappy with him and the position he held in J-KOM.
“We have learned a lot from the past how a person can fall because of sexual accusations, and now it is happening to me,” he said, who had also lodged a report at the Kajang Police Station in the morning and will send a letter of demand to the party that spread the video.
Commenting on his future, Agus said he has decided not to move to Indonesia pending the investigation of the case.
“I want justice and this to be investigated. I have instructed my lawyers to take the necessary legal action. People will not forget this (incident); it has become history and has tarnished (my reputation),” he said.
Meanwhile, Abdul Wahab admitted to having recorded the conversation on the instructions of an individual named ‘Mr H’, who also offered him a high position in J-KOM if he succeeded in defaming Agus.
“During my meeting with ‘Mr H’, I was told that he had received information from a certain party that Mohammad Agus was involved in immoral activities,” he said.
However, Abdul Wahab insisted that the audio content in the video is fake and fabricated and will file a police report on this matter soon.
— Bernama
