Monday, June 30, 2008

Anwar files defamation suit against aide

PKR's de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim this morning filed a defamation suit against his aide over claims of sodomy.


In the suit which was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry in Jalan Duta, Anwar also claimed that the police report lodged by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was an abuse of the process of law.

On Saturday the 23-year-old Saiful had lodged a police report claiming that Anwar had sodomised him at a luxury condominium in Damansara.

The suit was today filed on Anwar's behalf by his lawyers. Anwar is presently seeking refuge at the Turksih embassy after claiming that his life was in danger.

Meanwhile the party also said that it had postponed its plans to lodge a police report against police chief Musa Hassan and attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail over their alleged misconduct during Anwar Ibrahim's trials in 1998-1999.

Anwar revealed on Saturday that he had evidence implicating Musa and Abdul Gani Patail in the misconduct, including fabrication of evidence in the cases launched against him after his sacking from government 10 years ago.

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