PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's health minister resigned on Wednesday, a day after he shocked the nation by admitting he was the man in a widely circulated sex video.
 
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he had accepted the resignation of Health Minister Chua Soi Lek, who apologized after two lengthy DVDs hit the streets showing him engaging in sexual acts with an unidentified woman.

The scandal is the latest in a series of problems plaguing Abdullah's government, which has been widely expected to call a snap election in the coming weeks.

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Chua, a father of three, said he did not make the DVDs. Newspapers said they were closed-circuit recordings made two years ago in a hotel room. One DVD lasted 56 minutes and the other 44 minutes.

Police were probing the case, trying to establish who made the recordings and how four cameras came to be in the room of a hotel in the southern state of Johor, the New Straits Times said.

"After I made my confession, I had hoped Malaysians would be able to accept my apology," "Unfortunately, from the feedback I received, I observed that Malaysians cannot accept it."

"Some Malaysians have a holier-than-thou attitude," "At the end of the day, it just tells you that honesty sometimes does not pay.".

For a top politician you can't continue in power when you are seen naked