Anwar Ibrahim’s press statement
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:24 pm |
From the office of Anwar Ibrahim.
On Saturday, 12-07-2008, the police came to my house to serve a Section 111 Criminal Procedure Code notice, harassing my family and demanding my presence at the IPK Kuala Lumpur (Federal Territories Police headquarters) at 2pm on Monday, 14-07-2008 despite an earlier agreement with my lawyers for me to come to the IPK on Monday 14-07-2008. On the next day, Sunday, the police also served an ex-parte court order, prohibiting me from physically being within 5 km from the Parliament on Monday 14-07-2008. As you can see, my house and the IPK KL are within 5 km radius from the parliament building. The court order effectively put me under house arrest on Monday and at the same time prevented me from going to the IPK.On Monday,
14-07-2008, the presence of police personnel outside the compound of my house strengthened our suspicions that they would be prepared to arrest me as soon as I left the compound of my residence, on the pretext of me violating the court order. The issue here, is which order should I comply with, the ex-parte court order or the Section 111 notice from the police?On the same day, the police through the Investigating Officer, one DSP Jude Pereira wrote and faxed to my lawyer at about 1.06pm, informing that I was required to be present at the IPK KL on Wednesday, 16-07-2008 at 2.00 pm to assist with the investigation. I conveyed my agreement to the appointment and it was communicated to the police through my solicitor, Messrs S.N Nair and Partners via telephone and letter on the same day.On Wednesday,
16-07-2008, I was at the Anti Corruption Agency (BPR) head office to record my statement pursuant to the police report lodged by me at IPK Shah Alam on 01-07-2008, against the Attorney General Gani Patail and the Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan for their involvement in the fabrication of evidence way back in 1998. To ensure that we will be able to attend the appointment with the police at 2pm, we cut short our statement at the BPR’s office, and this fact was clearly conveyed to the BPR officers present.At about
12.45 pm, the IO, DSP Jude Pereira called Mr Nair to confirm about our attendance and Mr. Nair confirmed that we would attend that 2pm appointment. We were about to have a quick lunch at my house before proceeding to the IPK. 5 minutes later, we were ambushed by a team of masked and heavily armed police personnel near my house.I was arrested and brought to the IPK. I cooperated fully with the police by giving my cautioned statement from
2.30 pm to about 7.30 pm. At this particular point, the IO and the other officers handling this case were doing their job professionally. I was then given assurances by Assistant Commissioner of Police Razali and later Senior Assistant Commissioner II Khor (through my lawyer) that I would be released on police bail on the same day.However, later on, upon my return from Kuala Lumpur General Hospotal (HKL), the IO, DSP Jude Pereira informed me and my lawyers that I will be detained and put in the police lock-up overnight for the purpose of recording a further statement in the morning.
I and my lawyers protested, giving our undertaking that we will be back anytime required by the police to continue with the recording of the statement, and there was no need for me to be detained overnight, and that I should be released on police bail. The police, through the IO were adamant that I should be detained and put in the police lock-up overnight, despite them knowing about my physical condition. I had to spend the night sleeping on a cold cement floor, which aggravated my back injury which was due to the beating I received from the then IGP, Tan Sri Rahim Nor on
20th September, 1998.This morning, after a short statement that was recorded for about 30 minutes, I was released on police bail. I was in pain and had to immediately receive some medical treatment upon my return home.
I now wish to deal with the statement of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director, Dato Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin as appeared in Utusan Malaysia today, inter alia
“Pasukan khas bertopeng polis terpaksa memintas kenderaan DSAI di Bukit Segambut di sini dan menahan Anwar ekoran tindakan Penasihat PKR itu mengubah haluan kenderaannya pada saat-saat tempoh yang diberi kepadanya untuk menyerah diri kepada polis pada pukul 2 petang ini hampir berakhir”
This is a blatant lie from the CID director to cover up their shameful act of abuse of police powers. I have given the assurances and had just informed the IO 5 minutes before the disgraceful ambush by the police through my lawyer who was with me in the same car.In addition to the above, the Deputy Home Minister, Wan Farid said, as reported in Star Online that, I “went voluntarily to the police car without any incident.” Again, this is also a blatant lie by the government.
I take to task the IGP for this abuse of police power against me through the events I’ve narrated above. It appears that the events of the last few days, the nature of my unwarranted arrest, my overnight incarceration which was actually absolutely unnecessary, were an act of personal vengeance against me in retaliation to the reports I lodged earlier against him, which are now being investigated by the ACA.
DNA
I have reasonable grounds for having no confidence in the system. In the course of the trial of the false allegations of sodomy in 1998, DNA evidence was fabricated and used against me. The persons responsible for the fabrication then were the IGP, SAC Rodwan and the AG, are new key players in this investigation.
Until now, I have been denied access to the police report made by the accuser against me.
My accuser is still under police protection and as such, any fabrication is possible if they take my DNA. My decision to refuse a DNA test is taken through advice of my lawyers and DNA experts, both local and overseas.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
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All I can say is that shame on him and that he deserves all the negative coverage from the press if he did what he is being accused of; vice versa, shame on the persons responsible if all this were a conspiracy against him. I mean, these are sodomy charges. Who would b*gger (’scuse me) someone of the same sex at a time like this, and who, as a conspirator, would in his right mind role-play as a dummy b*ggered?
“Who would b*gger (’scuse me) someone of the same sex at a time like this”
Maybe we should set up a Bugger Someone Day specially for people like you, who think there’s a specific time to do such things.
For goodness sake, I understand you mean that this is a serious time, a crucial time but this kind of thinking totally throws me off. Ugh.
I believe it is a conspiracy, as you know it is difficult to sodomise a person, unless the other party agreed to it. Also the timing of the allegation is a doubt . They just want to destroy Anwar — The PM in waiting . Same like they want to destroy JBJ and Dr Chee. Politics is a dirty game. The one in charge is always has an upper hand. !!! Nia @@xyzzxy
Yes - Tewniaseng or should it be Tewniaseefart. Not only once - but the 23 year-old “victim” claimed be was buggered 8 times. LOL
Reminds me of this joke. Two nuns who sneaked out to have some fund were going back to the convent late at night. They were late and so decided to use a back lane as a short cut. Half way through, they were waylaid and both were raped by two thugs. After they were ravished, and on the way back, older nun said to the younger one, “We will have to tell Mother Superior that we were raped twice”. But, said the younger nun “we were only raped once!”. I know, said the older nun, “but we are going to the back lane again.”
This just in my mailbox..
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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW MEDIA RELEASE
Crisis Group Condemns Arrest of Anwar Ibrahim
Brussels, 18 July 2008: The International Crisis Group condemns the arrest of our Board member, Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Anwar Ibrahim was arrested outside his home in Kuala Lumpur on 16 July 2008 on charges that are obviously politically motivated, relating to his position as an opposition leader. Though released on bail the following day, the allegations against him remain and are clearly a deliberate attempt to smear him.
We call on the Malaysian government to drop the charges against Anwar Ibrahim and for its leaders not to improperly use the police and judiciary for their partisan purposes.
Lord Patten of Barnes
Co-Chair, Crisis Group; Former European Commissioner for External Relations
Ambassador Thomas R Pickering
Co-Chair, Crisis Group; Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria
Gareth Evans
President & CEO, Crisis Group; Former Foreign Minister of Australia
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If a person is raped once, he/she should immediately report to the police. Why after 8 times then, he reported the sodomy to the police, must have reason behind !!
I think the complainant did not say he was raped. He said he was sodomised. And, to add to the claim that he was sodomised more than once by the accused, he did not say it was not consensual.