Cops believe couple were victims of defamation

Kota Kinabalu: Police believe the couple whose contact information and photo were used in a sex-for-money poster were the victims of people out to defame them. Penampang Police Chief Deputy Superintendent Azmir Abdul Razak who met Ong and his wife, Jellyn, who had endured months of calls from men answering to the advertisement said, it was illogical for anyone to run such operation so openly.

Azmir said police earlier felt challenged when the posters went viral online, saying he instructed his men to start a ruse and call the numbers to catch the couple.

"If one thinks logically no one would be daring enough to do it (prostitution). But in this case all their details are included. I think this is a defamation. The question is who?" said Azmir who had arranged to meet the couple at the Penampang Police Station.

"If the posters had been genuine, the two could have been charged in court," he added.

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Businessman Ong found himself in an embarrassing situation after he was made out to be pimping his wife shortly after her photos were downloaded from her Facebook account late last year.

Her image was used in a sex-for-money poster along with both their contact details that was posted in various locations in the city, Tuaran and Tambunan.

They had already lodged two police reports and met with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) officers, previously.

Early investigation revealed both of them were not able to ascertain who would have any intention to damage their reputation, as well as whether an acquaintance who had owed them money was capable of doing the crime, said Azmir.

He added prostitution cases are normally tough to solve as it involved the role of clients as witnesses, adding that "no naughty men would be daring enough to admit to have solicited a prostitute."

Photos of the posters went viral through WhatsApp and Facebook with at least one local news portal also posting the image in its report.

Ong and Jellyn claimed men were still calling his handphone which he kept as proof. They both have since changed their numbers.

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Ong claimed he had also woken up early to be in Segama where the posters were put up in a bid to catch the individual responsible trying to destroy their evidence.

Meanwhile, Azmir called on the public to assist police if they had any information over who was behind the posters, saying that the culprits can be charged with defamation and under the Communications and Multimedia Act.

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