KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 -- Police have recorded statements from five individuals, including the wives of a freelance preacher, as part of investigations into the alleged distribution of intimate videos involving his spouses and other women.

Shah Alam police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the 39-year-old suspect remains under investigation, and the case will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor once completed, according to a report published in the New Straits Times today.

"So far, statements from five witnesses have been recorded in connection with this case," he said when contacted yesterday.

The man was arrested on July 5 following a report by his second wife, who claimed he had shared explicit videos featur...