More sex tapes found

comments     Ajinder Kaur and 'Ein Azmi     Published     Updated

More video tapes of sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and PAS leader Mohamad Sabu's alleged sexual misconduct have been found in various parts of the Klang Valley and in Kelantan and Kedah.

"These tapes attempt to portray Anwar and Mat Sabu as men guilty of gross sexual misconduct. Both the tapes contain lewd language and explicit sexual references," Keadilan deputy president Dr Chandra Muzaffar said today.

Both tapes do not run any visuals of sexual activity but contain purported telephone conversations made by Anwar and Meor Abdul Razak, a fashion designer. The Anwar tape also contains confessions of a woman, identified only as "Anne", claiming sexual involvement with Anwar, a footage Keadilan claimed was taken from police tapes.

"Our party rejects the contents of the Anwar tape. What is alleged in the tape has already been repudiated by the sworn affidavits of Sukma Dermawan, Meor and Dr Munawar Anees," said Chandra. "If the contents of the tape were legitimate, they should have been produced in court as evidence during Anwar's first trial."

Sukma and Munawar had both filed affidavits recanting confessions of sodomy between Anwar and themselves while Meor had made a statutory declaration stating that he was not sodomised by Anwar. To date, the authorities have not responded to the affidavits of the three men.

Keadilan has lodged police reports on the videos and copies of the tapes have been given to the police for further investigation.

"Keadilan views that the circulation of these tapes as yet another vicious and malicious endeavour by Anwar's political and corporate foes to discredit and denigrate him," added Chandra.

"However, we do not think that these tapes are going to change the thinking of the majority of BA supporters."

On another front, BA has claimed that a TV advertisement on Wan Azizah Wan Ismail headlined "Even she doesn't trust her husband ... If she can't trust him, can we?" was fabricated by Barisan Nasional using excerpts from Wan Azizah's interview with an Australian TV in December last year.

Footage from the interview were skillfully edited to portray Wan Azizah as saying she did not trust her husband, Anwar. A print version of the advertisement appeared in local dailies today.

Keadilan media spokesperson Raja Petra said Wan Azizah had disputed the accuracy of the advertisements as the statements were printed out of their context.

"The advertisement had used doctored quotes," he maintained.



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