PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s family today insisted they have never contacted his former aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan to request that he seek a royal pardon from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Saiful, 31, in a Facebook post today claimed that a person close to Anwar and on behalf of the family, had requested for him to seek a royal pardon for the former opposition leader without having to change his plea on the sodomy charges.

Rubbishing this, one of Anwar’s daughters, Nurul Nuha Anwar said this was “nothing but slander”.

“Oh, this is another slander. Our family has never contacted Saiful,” she told Malaysiakini.