An Egyptian MP has shocked colleagues by sending a pornographic movie to a WhatsApp group set up for MPs.

Osama Sharshar appeared to have mistakenly sent the embarrassing movie to 256 of his parliamentary colleagues, members of a group set up to discuss parliamentary issues on WhatsApp.

The independent MP – who is also the Editor in Chief of al-Nahar newspaper in Egypt – filed a police complaint claiming that the video has been sent after his account was hacked. The invasion, he said, was intended as a slight against his reputation, and he demanded officials take legal action against the hackers. He said he had no idea that the tape had been sent until his colleague, Mohammed Bakri, warned him about it.

The Egyptian public, however, was far from convinced of Sharshar’s innocence.

فيه جروب علي واتساب بتوع البرلمان عاملينه بيناقشوا فية احوال البلد قوم ايه عضو اسمه اسامه شرشر رفع فيلم بورنو فية وبس كدة.. — A7md (@fadljr) 29 June 2016



Osama Sharshar, head of porn in the Egyptian Parliament.

النائب الذي طالب بالقبض على المفطرين في رمضان

أرسل مشاهد جنسية لزملاءه النواب بالخطأ

صايم الحمدلله#ماجد_سوس — كاتب مصري،أستاذمساعد (@SousMaged) 28 June 2016



The MP who demanded the arrest of those who don’t fast in Ramadan sent porn movies to his colleagues on Whatsapp.

لو فعلا شات اكونت البرلمان دا صحيح ومحصلش تحقيق يبقا احنا ماشيين فى الاتجاه الغلط — الحكمدار (@fadiiinabiiil) 28 June 2016



If this chat is true he should be sent to trial!

النائب اسامه شرشر يرسل افلام سكس لاعضاء البرلمان على موقع نواب البرلمان#برلمان_الشراميط pic.twitter.com/FXYgsyx9nk — عمر عبد الرحمن (@OmarAbdl_Rahman) 28 June 2016



Osama Sharshar sends his colleagues in Parliament porn films on the Parliament website #ParliamentOfWhores

Pic: Look at this sex tape!

Sharshar’s fellow Member of Parliament Ala’a Abed said that the video is humiliating and the MP involved should be punished according to law. The case has reportedly been sent to the General Prosecutor for further action.