The Sungai Buloh Prison has turned down requests from Pakatan Rakyat MPs to meet with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.

About 15 MPs representing the three member parties turned up at the prison gates today to consult Anwar on several important bills that have been tabled in Parliament.

"We normally have a pre-council meeting on issues related to Parliament. For this session, we wanted his input on GST, the supplementary budget bill and the Prevention of Terrorism Bill , among others," Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin told reporters.

Sim said Pakatan had written to the director of the Prisons Department two weeks ago to request for an appointment with Anwar. However, they have yet to receive a reply.

As for today, the prison again rejected their request, Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul of PKR said, after a brief negotiation with Sungai Buloh Prisons director Narander Singh Chand Singh.

"We are not allowed to meet Anwar because, according to the law, only family members and lawyers are allowed to see Anwar.

"While we have accepted his explanation, we are not satisfied," Johari said.

Anwar has no access to Parliament papers

He also urged the prison to lift the restriction on Anwar's access to books, stressing that the Anwar should have "the freedom to read as much as possible".

Not only books, but Anwar, despite still being opposition leader in Parliament, is also restricted from getting parliamentary documents.

"Till now, with the Parliament session is coming to an end, yet he is not getting any documents.

"I will talk to Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia on the restrictions on the Parliament documents for Anwar," Johari said.

Narander has agreed that Anwar is entitled to receive documents from Parliament after making a check, he added.

Police monitoring Anwar in jail?

Meanwhile, Bukit Katil MP Shamsul Iskandar, who is also a PKR vice-president, claimed that Anwar was being monitored by CCTV from time to time as he languished in the prison.

"How can our life be monitored all the time? This is an issue that goes beyond humanitarianism," Shamsul said.

Johari also claimed that some policemen were in disguise as prisoners  to monitor Anwar.

"We asked the director but he claimed he is not in the know. We will ask the (home) minister whether this is true," Johari added.