Just another Umno stooge: RPK's statement baseless and unsupported

I refer to blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin's interview in which he discusses ' gay Prime Ministers' in relation to the sodomy trial of federal Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

He also says he is '90 per cent sure' that the person in the notorious 'Datuk T' sex video is Anwar Ibrahim. I do not wish to speculate as to RPK's motives in making such statements. However I do say that his statements, insinuations and innuendoes are unfair,untrue, unsupported by any believable evidence and plainly libellous.

For some reason, RPK ignores the fact that the entire sodomy case is a transparent fabrication by Umno/BN with the connivance and cooperation of the police force and the Attorney General's office. RPK's insinuations are thus based upon a malicious conspiracy which is widely disbelieved throughout this country and abroad.

Anwar's trial has made a mockery of justice, and fair and accepted legal procedures; and it has been condemned as such by civil and political leaders as well as rights bodies worldwide. The failure to disclose material evidence critical to the defence; the serious flaws in the way forensic samples were obtained,stored and analyzed; the unusual and legally unsound pre-judgement of the case by Judge Zabidin at the end of prosecution case; the extraordinary meeting between the complainant and the Prime Minister, and the PM's lying explanation for it, are but some of the proofs of a wide-ranging conspiracy behind the Sodomy II case. Upon this shaky ground, RPK builds a ramshackle tower of vague suppositions and wild innuendoes.

Desperation

As for the sex video, it was concocted out of desperation by UMNO-linked conspirators as a result of Sodomy II's failure to turn the rakyat against Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat. A key figure in the shameful sex video fiasco is the former UMNO Vice-President and Chief Minister of Melaka, Rahim Thamby Chik who was forced to resign over a sex scandal involving a minor.

Tens of thousands of copies of the pornographic video were freely distributed all over the country, while the police sat by and took no action against the porn-peddlers. When after months of public pressure, the Datuk T trio were charged for a minor offence, the A-G's chambers took advantage of the proceedings to slander and attack the reputation of Anwar Ibrahim.

Has RPK forgotten UMNO's long, disgraceful and criminal history of abusing the police, prosecution and judiciary in order to silence or neutralize key opposition figures? Further, he provides not the slightest basis or evidence for his extraordinary claim that he is '90 %' certain that it is Anwar in the sex video.

It is extremely fortunate that the people of this country have not fallen for these UMNO-inspired plots, which are simply underhand and criminal attempts to halt the reform movement and Pakatan Rakyat's march to federal power. UMNO must engage in democratic politics by debate and discussion, and stop using dirty and dishonest means to try to bring down Anwar and Pakatan Rakyat.

N Surendran is the vice president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat