Masiung said the video did not reflect the “actual story” as it was edited to make it seem in favour of the person who recorded it.

“I hope the MACC will call up the person who made the video recording for a detailed investigation and make him hand over the entire video recording of the conversation,” said Masiung.

“I am ready to be called by the MACC at any time to assist in their investigation,” he said in a video.

MACC is currently probing an alleged corruption case involving mineral project licences in Sabah linked to a businessman said to have had dealings with Sabah assemblymen.

The allegations centre around the Sabah government’s alleged approval of prospecting and mining licences to the company linked to the businessman.

In the videos published on Malaysiakini, the purported businessman is heard talking about funds given to Sabah officials for mining or prospecting licences.

The businessman is believed to have recorded secret videos demanding his money back from certain assemblymen after the state government allegedly withdrew the licences.

Last night, Sabah finance minister Masidi Manjun gave a statement to the MACC after a video implicating him was published.

He denied that a large sum of money was offered as a bribe to support an application for a mineral exploration licence in Sabah, adding that such claims were attempts at “character assassination”.