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Anwar: "I don't fear arrest" |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 09:18pm |
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©The
Sun (Used by permission)
by Tim Leonard
KUALA LUMPUR (July 30, 2008) : Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim today went to the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department (Jawi)
where he handed over a copy of a medical report by Hospital Pusrawi based on an
examination done on his accuser Saiful Bukhari Azlan that showed no signs of
sodomy.
He also submitted other 'evidence' to support his complaint lodged with the
department on July 9 that the 23-year-old man had made false accusations against
him.
"I was asked what other evidence could be produced to substantiate my claims,
other than medical evidence and alibi, and I have done all these...which is
somewhat similar to the normal criminal cases conducted by the police," Anwar
told reporters after spending close to two hours at the department.
He was accompanied by his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, his lawyers and
friends.
He praised Jawi investigators as being more professional than the police.
"I can sense the manner questions asked was more professional...wanting to know
the facts and not in an accusing tone," he said.
Anwar said there was no reason why the police should charge him for sodomy
because there was no proof.
Despite rumours of his imminent arrest published in blogs and newspapers, Anwar
declared that he was not afraid of being arrested.
The rumours had prompted scores of local and foreign journalists and
photographers to posiition themselves in front of his house in Bukit Segambut.
"Let me remind that this country is not a police state. The decision (to charge)
must be based on facts and law. If they (police) follow the law, then the facts,
the alibi and the medical report is enough to drop the case," he said,.
It has been a month since the sodomy report was lodged, and it is learnt police
have yet to complete the investigation.
Anwar later lashed out at Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan.
Asked to respond to Syed Hamid's comment that he (Anwar) was not co-operating
with the police, Anwar said: "Ask Syed Hamid if he is willing to be stripped
naked and his private parts examined and made to sleep on a cement floor.
"I have cooperated all this while. So why is he (Syed Hamid) saying that I am
not co-operating (with the police)?" he asked
Syed Hamid was referring to the fact that Anwar had refused to offer his DNA
sample, which Anwar reportedly said he feared would be tampered with.
Anwar said he also did not fear the Kuala Lumpur Hospital's medical report on
Saiful as he believed it would vindicate him.
He said if the medical examination and investigations were done professionally,
like the one done by Pusrawi, he believed the authorities would come up with the
same conclusion that he did not sodomise anybody.
The authorities had said they would stand by the HKL report, which is normally
done in any such investigation.
A copy of the medical report on Saiful, carried out by a Myanmar doctor attached
with Pusrawi allegedly claims there were no signs of sodomy.
Anwar said his reform agenda and his intention to run for Parliament are still
on track despite the possibility of arrest.
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