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PUTRAJAYA: Expressing shock over
fresh allegations of sodomy against
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi said Barisan Nasional did not
have anything to do with it.
“Neither Umno nor Barisan Nasion-
al (BN) have any intention to create
Anwar fears for his life
by Charles Ramendran, Tim Leonard
and Husna Yusop
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM: Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim has taken refuge in the
Turkish embassy in the wake of
what his wife Datin Seri Dr Wan
Azizah Wan Ismail described as
a “second political conspiracy” to
finish him off.
The Parti Keadilan Rakyat de
facto leader failed to show at a
scheduled press conference at
the Quality Hotel here yesterday,
following a police report lodged
against him on Saturday evening by
an aide who accused him of sodomy.
The 23-year-old man lodged a
police report at the Brickfields police
station, alleging that Anwar had
sodomised him on Thursday at a
condominium in Damansara. It is
learnt that in his police report, the
man also alleged that Anwar had
sodomised him on several occasions
over the past three weeks, both
locally and overseas.
In a press statement issued from
the Turkish embassy yesterday
evening, Anwar who said he was
transported there yesterday morning
fearing that his personal safety was
in danger, thanked the ambassador
for extending an invitation to seek
refuge within the embassy.
“Since the March 8 elections,
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Abdullah leaves it to police to probe
difficulties for him (Anwar)
since he has claimed he
made a political comeback in
April,” said Abdullah, adding that it
was up to police to investigate and
conclude if the claim was true or not.
He said he did not have any
knowledge about the matter and only
heard about it from an SMS received
on Saturday. “The person involved has
made a report. What else is there for
» Prime Minister Abdullah:
“Umno has never thought of
disturbing him like this. BN also
has never thought of making
his life difficult or making up
something like this or doing
anything bad towards him. We
don’t have such intention. It
never crossed my mind
to frame him.”
» Wan Azizah:
“This is the second political
conspiracy … and an
attempted murder. There is a
serious threat on his life. They
did it in 1998 and they are
doing it again now.”
» Anwar Ibrahim:
“I have been told that my
assassination has not been
ruled out as means to subvert
the people’s will and bring an
end to the transformational
changes taking place in
Malaysia.”
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us to do? He has a right to lodge a
report. We can’t stop him from doing
so. Leave it to the police. We don’t
meddle. We don’t do that,” he said
yesterday morning after launching the
Green Earth programme.
Asked to comment on Anwar’s
claim that it was a repeat of methods
used against him in 1998 when false
allegations were made under duress,
and he was sacked as deputy prime
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minister, Abdullah said it was not
something which the government
could ascertain.
“Of course he would make a denial.
That’s normal. A person who is alleged
will make a denial. But if there is proof,
it is up to the police to investigate.
“Umno has never thought of dis-
turbing him like this. BN also has never
thought of making his life difficult or
making up something like this or doing
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anything bad towards him. We don’t
have such intention. It never crossed
my mind to frame him. I believe my
other colleagues, Datuk Seri Najib
(Abdul Razak) or anyone, has never
thought about that,” he said.
Asked if Anwar will be arrested,
Abdullah said: “All that I know is, a
report has been made and the police
will decide what they want to do and
how they are going to investigate.”
numerous credible sources from
within the government and military
intelligence have advised me that
certain agents from within the
Barisan Nasional leadership have
initiated plots to cause harm to me
or my family or supporters,” he
claimed.
“I have been told that my
assassination has not been ruled
out as a means to subvert the
people’s will and bring an end to
the transformational changes taking
place in Malaysia,” he said.
The former deputy prime minister
also said he would make public new
evidence implicating the Inspector
of Police and Attorney-General
regarding cases brought against him
in 1998 when he was charged with
corruption and sodomy.
Wan Azizah who held a press
conference accompanied by her
daughter Pantai MP Nurul Izzah,
and senior PKR leaders, accused
the government of a “second
political conspiracy” to finish off her
husband.
She showed journalists a picture
message from her BlackBerry, saying
“the picture will allow the public to
know who is behind the accusations,
and why they are doing it now”.
The picture showed Anwar’s
accuser, a former student leader at
Uniten, posing with an official in
Putrajaya.