SUBANG JAYA: Former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Subang MP Wong Chen have both received threats over a lewd video, with the blackmailer threatening to release the footage if payment is not made.
In a Facebook post on Saturday (Sept 13), Rafizi said that the Subang MP's office had lodged a police report after receiving the same threat.
He said the unknown individual who sent the messages claimed that the video showed them sleeping with another man and demanded payment of US$100,000.
Rafizi said the video was made using artificial intelligence.
"The blurry screenshots shared with me showed a man on a bed. What's funnier is half an hour later, Subang MP Wong Chen messaged me saying that he was threatened with a similar video.
"We shared screenshots and apparently we have been accused of sleeping with the same man," he said.
When contacted, Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Wan Azlan Mamat confirmed that a report had been lodged and that investigations were ongoing.
