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(from left to right) Political secretary to the Prime Minister Ahmad Farhan Fauzi and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer Datuk S. Sankara Narayanan Nair, with a copy of the police report Ahmad Farhan filed, outside the Putrajaya district police headquarters on July 13, 2023. — Picture by BERNAMA

Defamatory statement: PM’s political secretary lodges police report

PUTRAJAYA, July 13 — The Prime Minister’s political secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi lodged a police report today against three individuals for issuing and spreading false and defamatory statements against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The three individuals are political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Che’gu Bard, Bersatu Supreme Council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan, and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen.

Ahmad Farhan said the report was lodged over the remarks made by Che’gu Bard and the speech by Wan Saiful at a recent event in Kedah pertaining to the personal residence and the vehicles used by Anwar, which allegedly belonged to a businessman.

“All those statements are baseless, ill-intent and politically motivated,” he told reporters after lodging the report at Putrajaya Police headquarters. Also present was Anwar’s lawyer Datuk S. Sankara Narayanan Nair.

Putrajaya Police chief ACP A Asmadi Abdul Aziz, when contacted, confirmed receiving the report, saying an investigation will be carried out.

Meanwhile, Sankara Narayanan Nair said they have evidence and related documents on the lease agreement relating to Anwar’s house in Sungai Long, Kajang, but they could not be made public.

“The property he lives in is on a lease agreement by him for 10 years, signed in 2020 way before he became the Prime Minister. The lease is properly paid and no argument about who owns it,” he said.

— Bernama

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