Malaysia Chronicle was just provided with a copy of a letter sent to Berita Harian by the former Indonesian Vice-President, Jusuf Kalla.
In the letter dated July 18, Kalla denied that he made allegations that the Malaysian Opposition Leader, Anwar Ibrahim launched the Blackout505 movement opposing the widespread fraud that occurred during the 13th general elections using foreign funds as reported by his 28 June interview with Berita Harian entitled "Anwar dapat dana asing lancar Blackout 505" (Anwar gets foreign funds to launch Blackout 505).
The letter is translated below together with a full reproduction of the original letter:
I had just read the June 28 2013 edition of Berita Harian that claimed that I gave an exclusive interview to Al-Azharri Siddiq regarding "Anwar getting foreign funds to launch Blackout 505:.
I would like to clarify that I never gave an exclusive interview to Al-Azharri Siddiq. Azharri met me briefly during a courtesy call to hand me a letter requesting that I meet 8 Malaysian journalists - a request which I rejected. This brief courtesy call occurred on June 1 2013 at the arrangement of an Indonesian member of parliament.
Therefore what Berita Harian reported doesn't reflect reality and Azharri has since apologised to me about this matter on numerous occasions.
- Malaysia Chronicle
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