Communications and multimedia minister Saifuddin Abdullah said today nine people were arrested over the first video and another four over the second video.

They included actors, artist agents, cameramen and the directors.

Bukit Aman CID deputy director Dev Kumar MM Sree said they were detained under Section 504 of the Penal Code, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 4(1)(g) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953.

“They will be remanded until tomorrow for further investigation,” he told reporters during a press conference at the communications and multimedia ministry.

Dev added that police were trying to track down the gambling company that hired the production company.

“For now, we do not know whether it is a local or an international company.”

Meanwhile, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek reminded the public not to share or distribute the videos.

This comes following a drastic increase in the number of these contents being reported on media platforms today as social media users continued to re-upload these videos.

Fadhlullah said MCMC had asked Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down the videos as they were not in line with Malaysian norms and traditions.

He noted that MCMC had asked the platforms to take down 61 content uploads of these two clips as they are against their service terms and community guidelines.

“They have taken down 13% so far while the rest are being reviewed and studied by the platform providers.”

The contents of the video, which had spread on social media, were found to be in clear violation of the law and could cause a public nuisance.