Police probe into fake Lee video underway
Published on: Sunday, February 18, 2018
Kuala Lumpur: The investigation into the sex video that supposedly depicts national shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei is underway.According to The Star, Federal Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Amar Singh said that his department would be handling the investigation."We are investigating the case for defamation under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for improper use of network facilities," he told a press conference at his department's headquarters here on Wednesday.
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He added that the police have recorded Lee's statement. On Tuesday Lee lodged a report at the CCID headquarters regarding the viral video, and he has vehemently denied being the person in the video."It's not me. My movie is coming out and some people are trying to bring my name into disrepute," he said.