We strongly protest and are outraged by the front page headline of Berita Harian yesterday, which revealed the police investigations on the sex video that continuously attempts to implicate Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In this latest development, a supposedly renowned South Korean broadcasting agency has purportedly matched the identity of the male in the sex video to that of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
We regret that the Berita Harian report has sensationalized this issue, even though police investigations are still on-going. We also regret that Berita Harian has allowed itself to be used in this trial-by-media, which smacks clearly of a political orchestration to continuously vilify and persecute Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the public domain. It should also be noted that the South Korean firm was engaged by and fed with information by the Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM), whose leadership and their political masters have had a longstanding political agenda to smear the reputation of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and end his political struggle for reform.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has categorically denied his involvement in this sex video. We also categorically state that it is not Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in said video.
The credibility of the PDRM has once again been shattered and compromised following the revelations made by the former KL CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim in a several open letters made public:
1) regarding the four police reports made by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim between 9 July 1999 and 20 Ogos 1999 on the abuse of power and the obstruction of legal procedures by a retinue of major public figures including Tun Dr Mahathir and Dato Abdul Gani Patail. Why has there been no further action on these police reports?
2) regarding key similarities between the current alleged "sex video" and a "sex video" that was circulated prior to the 1999 General Election.
We call upon the Rakyat to reject "gutter politics", and to remain united in calling for the return of independence and integrity to our key public institutions in Malaysia, especially PDRM, MACC, EC, and the judiciary.
- Saifuddin Nasution is the secretary-general of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the MP for Machang
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