VIDEO 3:16

Amid the ongoing imbroglio in MIC, a video purportedly featuring G Palanivel has surfaced on the social media.

However, it could not be ascertained if the person in the 3:16 minute clip is indeed the MIC president.

In the interview, the person reveals his close ties with PKR and blames the Indian voters for the smaller majority with which he won the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in the 13th general election.

"I won every Malay vote box you see, (the other candidates) will get 70 votes, I will get 400 votes. I only lost the 'bloody Indian' vote box."

In the last general election, Palanivel defeated four other candidates with a slim 462 vote majority.

He had received 10,506 votes with DAP's M Manogaran trailing behind him with 10,044 votes.

In the video, the person interviewed disclosed how  PKR "commanders" brought the crowd to his recent birthday bash.

"I call all the PKR commanders to my house, I can show you photographs, I am close to PKR you see.

"They are the ones who brought the crowd (to my birthday party), not my own kind, our MIC fellas cannot do that," he said

Other matters discussed in the interview were his views on a possible by-election in Permatang Pauh, and him not mingling with the MIC grassroots.

In an immediate response to the video, Kepong MIC division chairperson S Vell Paari ( left ) urged the party president to file a police report, or explain himself.

"If Palanivel feels the video is doctored, he should file a police report and the person responsible should be brought to justice.

"However, if the video is true, it is a very serious matter and the MIC president must answer questions," he told Malaysiakini.

In a statement late today, Palanivel denied that the man in the video is him and that he would never say such things.

The video is likely a result of the MIC re-elections, he said, and that a police report will be lodged.