Sabah cops want to question foreigner who made video clip about politician linked to pageant groping case

KOTA KINABALU: Police here are looking for the man responsible for a video recording in which he is seen hurling accusations at the politician linked to the alleged sexual harassment of an Unduk Ngadau pageant contestant.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali (pic) said they are keen to call in the man, known as "Dave" in the video and believed to be a foreigner, because they want to get details of what he says in the clip.

Asked if they knew of Dave’s whereabouts, as he is believed to be in hiding due to purportedly being afraid of the politician, Hazani said "we are tracking him down".

Dave is also believed to have overstayed in Sabah since he lost his job during the pandemic last year, and had a part-time job with the politician.

In the 40-plus-minute video being circulated on social media, Dave talks about how the politician made lewd jokes daily and body-shamed women.

He also claims that the politician is manipulative and a narcissist.

Dave says although he did not witness what allegedly happened in the vehicle where the contestant was said to have been harassed, he was present on several occasions when the politician spoke about women in a sexual manner.

He speaks mainly from his point of view and his personal experiences while working for the politician for the past two months.

Dave, who has a YouTube channel under the name "Orang Putih Kita" ("Our White Man"), and was previously active in promoting places of interest and food in Sabah, also urges victims and witnesses to come forward so justice can be done in this matter.

In a report lodged on May 21, the pageant contestant claimed that the politician had asked her to follow him in his car for dinner after a photo shoot at a bridal house in Asia City here on May 19.

She alleged that while inside his vehicle, the man rubbed her thighs, neck and hands even though she tried to stop him.

She claimed that she was taken to the man’s former office where he continued to harass her despite her protests.

A second police report was also lodged against the same politician by a security guard at the Hongkod Koisaan Cultural Hall in Penampang recently as well, claiming that the politician had used physical force on him during an argument.