Anwar: Why no probe into alleged recording of PM, home minister?

 

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has questioned why circulated audio recordings which allegedly contained the voices of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin were not investigated by the police.

He called the inaction double standards as the audio recording said to contain the conversation between him and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, which does not contain criminal elements, were investigated.

Anwar raised the question after giving a statement to the police at their headquarters at Bukit Aman on the matter. He was accompanied by lawyers Sankara Nair and Ramkarpal Singh.

“In my statement, I mentioned a viral audio recording allegedly showing Muhyiddin talking about the scheme of things, bribes, GLC appointment and so on.

“Has there been any investigation?

“The latest is the circulation of audio allegedly featuring the voice of Hamzah on promoting ‘our men’ to top police positions,” he said in a media conference today.

Likewise, Anwar asked if there was an investigation into the matter as Hamzah had denied interference in the transfer of senior police officers.

Anwar also asked why the audio clip allegedly featuring his voice was turned into a political issue when it was not related to problems pertaining to the economy, politics, and abuse of power by the government.

The police today quizzed Anwar for around one and a half hours.

Ramkarpal said the police investigated the audio recording under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code which deals with statements related to public mischief.

“It’s important to know that he was called as a witness," said Ramkarpal.

Both Anwar and Zahid denied the voices heard in the conversation were theirs.

Zahid said he was a victim of a political scheme to weaken Umno while Anwar blamed the government, adding it was an attempt to stir up conflict among Umno leaders.

While saying that they would file a police report on the circulated audio recording, to date, no report has been lodged by both parties.

When asked if Zahid, too, would be summoned to Bukit Aman, Anwar said he had no knowledge about it.

“Unless there’s another phone conversation being circulated,” he quipped.

Following multiple police reports on the matter, the police had opened their investigation and would send the audio recording to the forensics lab to determine its authenticity. - Mkini