Faced with mounting cacophony over the Carcosa sex video on top of his ongoing sodomy trial, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim seems to believe that laughter is the best medicine.

Speaking to a full-house of about 1,500 in PKR-held Ampang, Selangor last night, Anwar sought to brush off the allegations as a big farce, peppering his speech with jokes on the sex video and sodomy trial.