Anwar Lashes Out At Cops
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim lashed out at the police saying that to date they have not given him a copy of the police report of the sodomy allegation made by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
He questioned why despite repeated requests the police report was being kept from him and his lawyers.
"Is it so that they can keep amending and amending and amending it to fit in with the statement that I have just given to the police. I gave my statement for five hours yesterday (Wednesday) and for another 30 minutes this morning.
"If they give the report to me now, how am I supposed to know that it is the original? Are they waiting to make up the 'perfect' police report (to fix me)," he said, adding that each time he asked the police for a copy of the report, he was told they had been instructed against giving him a copy.
"Who gave the instruction? The Deputy Prime Minister or his wife? The IGP or AG?" he asked.
He said there has never been a case where a suspect did not know exactly what he was being accused of or denied access to the police report made by the accuser.
Anwar who was released on police bail Thursday morning after being held overnight at the KL police headquarters lock-up, told a press conference, that as a whole the police treated him well and "did not touch him."
But he complained that he had been put in lock-up meant for hardcore criminals overnight and forced to sleep on a cold cement floor.
"It is known that I have a severe back problem and I had a major back surgery before. Lying on the cold cement floor has exacerbated the pain. It was only at 1am when Azizah (wife, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail) brought me a towel that I could put the towel on the floor and lie on it," he said.
He said the pain in his back was so severe that Thursday morning when he was released, his family doctor had to inject him with a...
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