KUALA LUMPUR: Police have warned that action would be taken against those who continued to speculate on two high profile cases -- the sodomy allegation against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the two statutory declarations made by private investigator P. Balasubramaniam.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said bloggers, news websites and certain printed media continued to speculate on the two cases although police were still investigating them.

"Baseless rumours were also being spread among the public regarding these cases. This is very dangerous as it has negative implications on society," Ismail said at Bukit Aman yesterday.

On the sodomy allegation against Anwar, by his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Ismail said police had recorded statements from more than 20 witnesses.

"We have yet to record Anwar's statement but we expect to do it soon."
Mohd Saiful lodged a report on June 28 at the Travers police station, alleging sodomy by Anwar at the Desa Damansara condominiums in Damansara Heights here.

On Balasubramaniam, Ismail said the former Special Branch detective was in good health when he had his statement recorded at an undisclosed overseas location, earlier this week.

Ismail said Balasubramaniam had left the country on his own accord and it was still unclear whether or not he intends to return home anytime soon.

Balasubramaniam had made startling claims in his first statutory declaration on July 3, when he linked Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.

But he made an about turn the next day, denying his first statutory declaration and then he "disappeared".