Former Permatang Pauh BN candidate Mazlan Ismail today apologised to PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim at the Kuala Lumpur High Court and retracted a remark made in a press conference, five years ago.

Mazlan, who in June resigned as the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chief operating officer, had suggested in that press conference that Anwar may have bribed the judiciary via the legal firm of the late Karpal Singh...