Pak Lah is Over?

PM to hand over reins to Najib in mid-2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday announced that he would hand over the post of Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak by middle of 2010.

He said the process of transferring the power had begun Thursday and that with the decision, he would not be leading the BN in the coming general election expected to be held sometime in 2012 or 2013.

"I took the opportunity to inform the supreme council at the meeting just now that I have reached an agreement with Datuk Seri Najib that I will not be leading the BN in the 13th general election.

"And this will also mean that we have to set in motion the process of transferring the power. I informed the supreme council that the process would begin with the announcement I'm making today.

"...that I plan to hand over the (Umno) president's post to Datuk Seri Najib by middle of 2010," he told a news conference after a close-door special briefing with Umno divisional leaders as well as leaders of the party's three wings -- Wanita, Youth and Puteri -- at the Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre here Thursday.

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ANUAR IBRAHIM: POLICE CLASSIFY CASE AS SODOMY

Tan Sri Ismail Omar says they are investigating claims that some police stations refused to accept the report

KUALA LUMPUR: The sexual assault report against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been classified as sodomy.

This was the first time police have revealed that investigations had started after earlier saying that the allegations were mere heresay.

Yesterday, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar put to rest speculation about the investigations.

"The case has been classified as sodomy," he told the New Straits Times, adding that he could not comment further as investigations were still going on.

It was, however, learnt that police had classified the case as sodomy after receiving the medical report on the accuser, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who was an aide to the Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader.
On Sunday, Federal CID director Datuk Bakri Zinin had urged the public not to speculate on the case, saying police needed time to probe the allegations, which at the time, were merely hearsay.

Mohd Saiful, 23, had lodged a police report on Saturday, alleging that he had been sodomised by his boss, Anwar, several times.

On Monday, police forensics personnel were seen going into a unit at the Desa Damansara condominiums here in Damansara Heights, where the alleged incident took place.

On allegations by a relative of Mohd Saiful that several police stations had earlier refused to accept his report after he named Anwar as the "assailant", Ismail said they were investigating that claim.

Mohd Saiful, meanwhile, is believed to be under police protection. His family claimed that they have had no news from him ever since he lodged the report on Saturday night.

Checks yesterday also revealed that doctors at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, after a battery of tests, found indications that Mohd Saiful had engaged in anal sex.

The New Straits Times learnt that doctors had taken stool samples for further investigation.

It was believed that Mohd Saiful had also complained of constipation when he was taken to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur outpatient ward.

Doctors, however, found something amiss during the check-up and upon questioning Mohd Saiful, learnt that he had been sodomised.

Checks on the Internet reveal that acute or forced sodomy can cause constipation. A University Malaya Medical Centre doctor said fear, mental trauma and the physical act could have caused the constipation.

"An anal tear and the pain could have resulted in the victim having difficulty in passing motion."

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Who is Saiful Bukhari Azlan

This is the guy who has accused, Opposition Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) of sodomy. Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was a student leader at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) for the 2006/2007 term. Saiful described himself as someone who liked to make friends, “regardless if they were ministers, opposition leaders, gangsters or even road sweepers.” Police is still investigating, DSAI’s case and has gone to a condo in Damansara Heights for forensic work, where the act was reported to have taken place.

MOHD SAIFUL BUKHARI AZLAN

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Najib Not Involved In Anuar Case...

Najib: I have no link to Anwar's accuser or case

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he was not connected in any way to the sodomy allegations against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat officials had on Sunday attempted to tie Najib to Anwar's accuser by producing a picture of the latter in the foyer of the deputy prime minister's office.

"I am not involved at all in the case. The picture was taken three months ago."

Najib said the Anwar aide who made the allegations had come to his office on Feb 12 seeking help to obtain a scholarship from the government.

"He was a student leader and met my officer. He also took pictures with other leaders," he said at the Parliament lobby yesterday after chairing a meeting of the cabinet committee on foreign workers.
Elaborating in a statement to Bernama, Najib said the aide was a former student of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) while the officer in the photograph was responsible for, among other things, higher education.

"It is normal for guests, particularly students, who come to the office of the deputy prime minister to pose for photographs with officers as a record of their visit."

Najib said the contention by PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail that the photograph was "evidence of an intention to wipe out" Anwar's political career was "baseless and intended to shift the focus of attention away from the actual accusation".

"As such, it is better that we wait for the police to conduct their investigation to determine the authenticity of the accusation and not make accusations and statements of a political nature and drag people who are not involved into the case," he said in the statement.

In the Parliament lobby, Najib said rather than point figures, the focus of the sodomy allegations should be on whether the act actually took place.

"The main question is, did the act take place? That is for police to establish."

On Anwar's fears for his safety, Najib said that they were unfounded.

"He has not been harassed all this time, especially when he was campaigning as opposition leader.

"This is not a question of political persecution, but a question of the law and the law must be allowed to take its course."

"We have never threatened his life. We have not harmed any politician and we have no intention of doing so.

"That is not the stand of the Barisan Nasional."

Asked about the likelihood of a repeat of Anwar's beating in police custody in 1998, Najib was emphatic.

"No, no, no. That was a very unfortunate incident."

On whether official protection would be given to Anwar, Najib said that was up to the police.

He said since Anwar was holed up in the Turkish embassy, the government would adhere to international laws.

"We need to establish whether this is asking for political asylum or seeking protection from the country's laws.

"We will leave it to the police to investigate and after that the government will decide on its next course of action. However, we will act in accordance with international law.

"He (Anwar) has not been charged. It depends on the police investigation. We must establish whether there is a criminal case against him."

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Pak Lah Reaction About Anuar Case...

Abdullah: We are not out to frame Anwar

PUTRAJAYA: The Barisan Nasional and Umno have nothing to do with the sodomy allegations against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

The BN chairman and Umno president denied Parti Keadilan Rakyat claims that the police report against its de facto leader was intended to sabotage Anwar's political standing.

"I don't have such intention or plan at all. Yesterday, someone SMSed me (about the report). If that is so, let the police investigate and take appropriate action.

"The police are the ones who will determine whether the report is true or not. It is not something that we can determine. He will definitely deny it. That is common for someone who has been accused."

Abdullah said the question of whether Umno or BN had concocted the allegations did not arise.
"I do not think Umno or BN will go to that extent to create trouble or do something bad to him. It never crossed my mind to frame him or do something bad to him,"

He said his party colleagues and deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, "would not do such a thing".

"It never crossed their minds either."

Abdullah said the complainant in the case was entitled to file the report.

"We cannot stop any person from making a report because that is his right."

"I am not going to saying anything further. A report has been made, so let the police investigate. I have given no instruction whatsoever," he said.

Anwar described the report as "sheer fabrication".

"I believe we are witnessing a repeat of the methods used against me in 1998 when false allegations were made under duress," he said in a statement read by PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah in Shah Alam yesterday.

A 23-year-old man lodged a police report alleging he was sodomised by the former deputy prime minister last week.

Earlier yesterday, the prime minister launched a "Bumi Hijau" programme in which residents of the federal administrative capital turned a plot of land in Precinct 9 into a vegetable patch.

Present were his wife Datin Paduka Seri Jeanne Abdullah, Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan, Putrajaya Corporation president Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Sidek Hassan.

"Idle land must be utilised for our benefit and that of the country. In the face of inflation and to ease our financial burden, it is only appropriate for us to plant vegetables which we eat daily," Abdullah said.

He said the Agriculture and Agro-based Ministry and the relevant agencies would assist those interested in planting greens on the land.

"These agencies will provide seedlings and create more nurseries."

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History rewind Again...: Anuar Ibrahim

This 2 day all newspaper a talking about DSAI the keadilan adviser. But what are they talking about?

WAN AZIZAH: Sodomy report an attempt to kill Anwar's political career

WAN AZIZAH AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE

SHAH ALAM:

Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the police report on sodomy lodged against her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was an attempt to assassinate his political career.

“They could not bring him down through other ways and so made this political attempt, which is just a repeat of what had happened about 10 years ago,” said Wan Azizah said at Quality Hotel here this morning.

Wan Azizah said the 23-year-old man who lodged the report against Anwar at Jalan Travers police station in Brickfields on Thursday was a volunteer who joined to help the party during the last general election period.

"He came out of nowhere and offered to help us during the busy time of the campaigning. We knew little of him and and no background check was done on him as he was just a volunteer," said Wan Azizah.

She added the man was only an aide for three months.
Wan Azizah said Anwar "was taking it well" with the latest twist of event. Anwar's supporters have started gathering at the Quality Hotel in Shah Alam in anticipation of police action against him.

Meanwhile BERNAMA has reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that he was leaving to the police to investigate to determine the authenticity of the sodomy allegation against Anwar.

“It is the police who should take appropriate action. Since a report has been lodged, the police should investigate to establish whether the allegation was true or otherwise.

Abdullah was speaking to reporters after launching the “Green Earth Programme of Putrajaya Residents With The Prime Minister” here today.

He was responding to a police report lodged at the Jalan Travers police station in Brickfields by a 23-year-old man that he was sodomised by the former deputy prime minister last Thursday at a luxury apartment in Kuala Lumpur.

In KOTA BARU, PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the sodomy report against Anwar could mar the Opposition’s image and urged the police to conduct a thorough investigation on it.

Nik Aziz said that the allegation could be linked to a conspiracy to topple a political leader like Anwar. He was speaking to reporters at the Sultan Ismail Petra airport in Kota Baru today.

IN PENANG, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said if the allegation was made to topple Anwar, truth would prevail.


“A police report has been lodged, so let’s wait for the police to investige. If the allegation is false, the truth will eventually come out,” who is Penang Chief Minister said.

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