Tensions within the coalition have risen after sex videos purporting to show Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali, seen as a potential successor to Mahathir, in bed with another man were circulated last month. Sodomy is a crime in Malaysia and in the past, Anwar Ibrahim, who Mahathir has named as his successor, spent about a decade in jail under the law. Speaking at PKR’s leadership retreat on Friday, Mahathir said his coalition’s leaders must not lose sight of responsibilities and expectations. He did not make a reference to the sex videos or any individual. Malaysian police have said the sex videos purporting to show Azmin were probably authentic rather than doctored, but have also said that facial recognition tests were “not able to associate the perpetrator in the video with the individual in question”.

Source: The Express Tribune July 19, 2019 18:07 UTC