PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister’s Office today lodged police reports against three people for alleged criminal defamation against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over his residence and vehicle.
The reports were lodged by the prime minister’s political secretary, Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, at the district police headquarters.
He named Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as “Chegubard”, Bersatu supreme council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen.
Farhan claimed all three had made statements which had criminally defamed Anwar on social media.
He claimed that several days ago, at a ceramah in Jerlun, Kedah, Wan Saiful had defamed the prime minister over the same issue.
Speaking to the media after lodging the report, Badrul had also brought up the issue of a luxury car used by Anwar, which he had claimed was not owned by the Pakatan Harapan chairman and PKR president.
Farhan said he had also lodged a report against Badrul for breaking MACC laws by revealing the contents of his report to the commission which had defamed the prime minister.
“The statements made by certain irresponsible parties are baseless, malicious and politically-motivated,” he told reporters outside the district police headquarters, accompanied by Anwar’s lawyer, Datuk Sankara Nair.
Farhan said he had solid proof that Badrul’s claims were false.
The proof, he said, would be handed over to police for investigation.
Meanwhile, district police chief Assistant Commissioner A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz confirmed that the reports had been lodged. NST
PM has 10-year lease for Kajang house, says lawyer
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had, in 2020, signed a 10-year lease for his current personal residence in Kajang, Selangor, according to lawyer Sankara Nair.
Speaking to reporters outside Putrajaya district police headquarters, Sankara (above) said he had advised Anwar to lodge a report for criminal defamation against Bersatu information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin and two others.
This is over false claims made on the ownership of the house in Sungai Long, Kajang.
“The claims are highly defamatory because there is no truth in the allegations about the property he lives in.
“The property Anwar lives in is on lease. There is a lease agreement for 10 years, which I have here. It is part of the evidence.
“I have it with me here with his (Anwar’s) name on it; if you do a land office search, you can find (it),” said Sankara who accompanied Anwar’s political secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi today.
The veteran lawyer said that as prime minister, Anwar can live wherever he wants as long as he feels secure about it.
“And he has a 10-year lease, so why should he leave? Why does he have to move out just because he’s the prime minister?” asked Sankara.
Badrul, better known as Chegubard, raised questions about the property on Tuesday after lodging a report with the MACC.
The Bersatu man claimed the property belongs to a business tycoon.
In response, Farhan said he had lodged a report under Section 500 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act against Badrul, former Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen over their remarks, alleging it had defamed Anwar.
“Evidence that strongly rebuts the false claims will be handed over to the police as part of the investigations,” said Farhan.
Aside from Anwar’s house, Badrul had also raised an issue with Anwar utilising several luxury cars which he claimed were not owned by the Pakatan Harapan chairperson.
This includes a Jaguar allegedly owned by Yayasan Aman Bhd, of which Anwar is its founder and adviser – and a BMW allegedly owned by another businessperson who hails from Selangor.
Asked about the matter today, Sankara said he was informed by Anwar that all of the cars have been returned to their owners.
“They were all second-hand cars…all loaned to him.
“As soon as he became prime minister, he returned everything. That’s what he told me this morning,” said Sankara.
Additionally, Sankara said the police have also been urged to investigate Badrul for the alleged breach of Section 65 of the MACC Act 2009 which prohibits public disclosure of content of any report lodged.
He pointed out that the clause provided a safeguard to parties under MACC’s investigation, in the event the claims made against them are found to be false. MKINI
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