Man suing PM to be charged tomorrow

A man who has an ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will be hauled before the criminal court tomorrow.

Muhammed Yusoff Rawther is set to be brought before the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex, after an investigation into alleged firearms and drug possession.

His counsel Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali tonight confirmed what will take place tomorrow.

In a press statement, the lawyer said the details of the charges would be known tomorrow.

The former aide to Anwar was detained around 9.30am on Sept 6, and has been under remand since then.

Rafique said police allegedly found two guns and 305g of drugs in a vehicle Yusoff was purportedly in.

The lawyer said Yusoff told investigators that the firearms and the drugs were not his, that he had nothing to do with the prohibited substances, and that his urine test came back negative.

Rafique added that Yusoff told the police the guns and drugs were planted in his car by parties who hold a grudge or enmity against him.

“He has named those believed responsible and their ties to the country’s political leadership.

“Yusoff has written a letter to seek permission to lodge a police report on the matter, and this is best done as soon as possible to prevent it being labelled as an ‘afterthought’ or imaginary,” said Rafique.

Yusoff has an ongoing civil action before the Kuala Lumpur High Court over an allegation that Anwar sexually assaulted him at the PKR president’s office in October 2018.

The former research assistant came into the limelight on Dec 4, 2019, during a press conference where he revealed his statutory declaration containing the sexual assault claim.

Thirteen days later, Yusoff went to Bukit Aman to undergo a polygraph test over a police probe into his sexual misconduct claims against Anwar.

The Attorney-General’s Chambers announced on Jan 14, 2020, that there was a lack of evidence to charge Anwar in the criminal courts over the alleged incident. A year later, Yusoff filed the civil action.

On May 7 this year, the civil court denied Yusoff’s application to compel the police to disclose the results of the polygraph test, which he wanted to strengthen his suit.

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