PKR, which is currently battling bad press due to untoward incidents during division polls, has another problem on their hands in the form of 25-year-old Rahimi Osman.

NONE Rahimi  ( left ) had today lodged a police report saying he was forced by PKR Information Chief Latheefa Koya and PKR Youth Kedah chief Saiful Izham Ramli to make two statutory declarations in 2008.

In the report, he said that the statutory declarations had implicated Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife in a "conspiracy against (PKR de-facto leader) Anwar Ibrahim".

A former aide to Anwar in 2007 and 2008, Rahimi was said to be his closest assistant during the General Election campaign.

He was recruited into the staff in March 2007 to update Anwar's blog, after he dropped out of studies in the International Islamic University Malaysia (UIA).

Rahimi, who was then stationed at the Section 16 of Petaling Jaya office was part of the staff which also included now elected representatives, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Sim Tze Tzin and Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah.

Also on staff was Nathaniel Tan who was running another office at Phileo Damansara.

"Rahimi joined as a volunteer at first. But he had somehow become Anwar's appointment keeper during the general election period when all of Anwar's aides were busy with their campaigns," said fellow staff Farhash Wafa Salvador.

The Saiful link

Interestingly, Rahimi was schoolmates with Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, at SMK Damansara Utama.

NONE Saiful ( right ) was also an aide of Anwar's, and who is alleged to have been sodomised by the opposition leader.

It was Rahimi who introduced Saiful to his then boss.

This was testified By Saiful in the ongoing sodomy trial.

In fact Rahimi had his name mentioned twice in Anwar's trial.

Saiful testified that Rahimi had contacted him to have a chat sometime in March 2008, prior to the general election.

The key witness also testified that while they were talking Rahimi asked whether he was working or engaged with any other activities.

"I said I was not working at that time... And he (Rahimi) asked if I was keen in working for Anwar as they were lacking in manpower," he said.

The witness also testified later that Rahimi along with his uncle Tuah Mohamad, Rahimi Osman, Mumtaz Jaafar, Ezam, and an ustaz. had advised him to lodge a police report regarding being sodomised by Anwar.

Following that, Saiful told the court he had decided to lodge the police report on June 28, 2008.

Dismissed from staff

According to Farhash, Rahimi was dismissed from the staff several days prior to that, on suspicion of questionable financial practices.

NONE Farhash, who was Anwar's ( left ) political coordinator then said that Rahimi was paid about RM3000 but at that time had managed to buy a car and hire a chauffeur.

He added that he was present at Quality Hotel when Rahimi signed the two statutory declarations which he claimed he was forced into signing.

"He came voluntarily and left on his own. We continued giving him a stipend of about RM3000 for several months after as he was still coming to the office on and off to do odd jobs. " he said.

Farhash, one of the founders of the Anwar Ibrahim Club, added that Anwar and "more than twenty people from Keadilan" attended Rahimi's wedding last year.

Others close to Rahimi during the same time, contacted by Malaysiakini but have chosen to remain anonymous, confirmed the information.