The federal government has admitted to organising the first roadshow conducted by Shafee Abdullah on Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II trial but said it had nothing to do with subsequent roadshows conducted by Shafee.

De-facto law minister Nancy Shukri told the Dewan Rakyat today the government "only organised the first roadshow".

She said this when asked about Shafee's ( right ) lewd verbal attacks against Anwar in public roadshows Shafee led after Anwar was convicted on Feb 10 and jailed five years for sodomy

"The government only organised one roadshow [...] the rest were done by NGOs and political NGOs," she claimed.

She also said "no one dared" to debate Shafee during the roadshows "despite invitations".

Previously, Shafee had also gone on an Umno organised roadshow, which Umno Youth said would be converted into a nationwide roadshow. The plan was later scrapped.

 

Shafee, a prominent Umno-linked lawyer, was appointed as deputy public prosecutor to prosecute in Anwar's Sodomy 2 trial at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court, which resulted in Anwar being convicted and imprisoned.

 

The Bar Council and many other bodies have condemned Shafee's roadshows, in which he had revealed allegedly explicit details of Anwar's sodomy act on his former aide.