{"id":2460,"date":"2019-12-05T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:39:59","slug":"anwar-denies-sexually-assaulting-yusoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=2460","title":{"rendered":"Anwar denies sexually assaulting Yusoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 – PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has denied\u00a0allegations that he sexually assaulted Muhammed Yusoff Rawther.<\/p>\n

In a statement today, Anwar said: “I strongly deny this baseless slander”.<\/p>\n

He said that on the date alleged by the Yusoff, he was in Port Dickson campaigning for by-election and had attended an event commemorating the 150th birthdate of Mahatma Gandhi in Kuala Lumpur before returning to Port Dickson.<\/p>\n

Anwar also said that his private secretary Shukri Saad would lodge a police report today on the matter and that his lawyer Ramkarpal Singh would be sending a letter of demand to Yusoff.<\/p>\n

“Muhammed Yusoff Rawther’s family via Mohideen Abdul Kader had also issued a statement condemning his action a year after the alleged incident” Anwar said further before stating that the action is a ploy to tarnish his image\u00a0ahead of the 14th PKR national congress and the power transition process.<\/p>\n

Yusoff is estranged from family<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Mohideen Abdul Kader, a relative of Yusoff, issued a statement yesterday saying that no one in the family was made aware of the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

“The family is aware of a police report and a lawsuit against Anwar’s political secretary who was alleged to have beaten<\/a> Yusoff, but they were never informed of the immoral act alleged”, says Mohideen.<\/p>\n

“He has been estranged from the family since his grandfather passed away earlier this year.” Mohideen said.<\/p>\n

“After more than a year since the alleged incident, and 2 days before PKR Congress, I believe that he is being manipulated by politicians with self-interest. I thought we had left sodomy-politics behind in New Malaysia, but unfortunately it kept being used repeatedly. I’m confident that the public will reject such politics.”<\/p>\n

NMT is trying to contact Mohideen to clarify why his statement sounded like a politician with self-interest more than a relative to a victim.<\/p>\n

Where was Anwar on Oct 2?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

According to Anwar’s statement, he was in Port Dickson\u00a0campaigning for by-election and had attended an event commemorating the 150th birthdate of Mahatma Gandhi in Kuala Lumpur before returning to Port Dickson.<\/p>\n

A Facebook page Solidariti Buat Muhammed Yusoff Rawther however questioned Anwar’s whereabouts between the morning of Oct 2 and before returning to Port Dickson after attending the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n

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Yusoff Statutory Declarations<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The page also posted pictures of theStatutory Declaration on the alleged sexual assault.<\/p>\n

\"Yusoff\"<\/p>\n

NMT received similar copies of the Statutory Declaration via Whatsapp, as follows:<\/p>\n

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–NMT<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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