02:47 a.m. Nov 06, 1998 Eastern
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following is the text of a report by police Special Branch Director Mohamed Said Awang into allegations of sexual misconduct by sacked Malaysian finance minister Anwar Ibrahim.
The report, dated August 20, 1997, was given to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The text was translated from Bahasa Malaysia by Reuters. It reads:
``ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DATO' SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM
Allow me with the utmost respect and greetings to enclose together with this the written confessions of Ummi Hafilda Ali and Azizan Abu Bakar dated August 18 1997, which they have made voluntarily to be submitted to Dato' Seri (Mahathir).
2. The written confessions were obtained following investigations into the poison-pen letter entitled ``Talqin Terbuka Anwar Ibrahim'' (The Open Eulogy of Anwar Ibrahim). Based on the poison-pen letter, a police report was made by ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) Zull Aznam Haji Harun, the police aide-de-camp of Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, on August 15, 1997. Prior to this, police have also received a copy of a 19-page report entitled ``The Wrongdoings of the Deputy Prime Minister'' dated August 5, 1997, addressed to Dato Seri' (Mahathir). That report was signed by Ummi Hafilda Ali.
3. Based on the report of ASP Zull Aznam, the police had arrested Ummi Hafilda Ali and Azizan Abu Bakar on August 17, 1997, under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948. After their testimony was obtained, they were released on August 18, 1997, on police bail. Their testimony shows that the allegations made are baseless and are more dependent on imagination and assumption. The main factor that drove Ummi Hafilda Ali to produce the report entitled ``The Wrongdoings of the Deputy Prime Minister'' was based on suspicion that her sister-in-law, Shamsidar Taharin, was having an affair with Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Shamsidar Taharin is the wife of Mohamed Azmin Ali, the private secretary of the deputy prime minister. Azizan Abu Bakar made the allegations because he was influenced by the convictions of Ummi Hafilda Ali, and as driver for Mohamed Azmin Ali's family, he disliked the arrogant attitude of Shamsidar Taharin.
Through our sources, the allegations do not have, (or) contain, any proof, and the sequence of events appears to be deliberately created.
Apart from that, there are indications that there exists a certain group that may have their own agenda and played a role behind the scenes to urge Ummi Hafilda Ali and Azizan Abu Bakar to smear Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
One of them is Muhamad Taib, who is said to claim to be a Special Branch officer to the prime minister. Muhamad Taib has been identified as Mohd Taib Salamon, an ex-police inspector who has been sacked.
Based on the inquiry at this juncture, my office does not propose to scrutinise this case in the fullest of detail.
Signed
Dato' Mohamed Said Bin Awang
Director of the Special Branch
(under the orders of the Inspector General of Police)
The Royal Malaysian Police''
(Ends text)
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2. The written confessions were obtained following investigations into the poison-pen letter entitled ``Talqin Terbuka Anwar Ibrahim'' (The Open Eulogy of Anwar Ibrahim). Based on the poison-pen letter, a police report was made by ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) Zull Aznam Haji Harun, the police aide-de-camp of Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, on August 15, 1997. Prior to this, police have also received a copy of a 19-page report entitled ``The Wrongdoings of the Deputy Prime Minister'' dated August 5, 1997, addressed to Dato Seri' (Mahathir). That report was signed by Ummi Hafilda Ali.
3. Based on the report of ASP Zull Aznam, the police had arrested Ummi Hafilda Ali and Azizan Abu Bakar on August 17, 1997, under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948. After their testimony was obtained, they were released on August 18, 1997, on police bail. Their testimony shows that the allegations made are baseless and are more dependent on imagination and assumption. The main factor that drove Ummi Hafilda Ali to produce the report entitled ``The Wrongdoings of the Deputy Prime Minister'' was based on suspicion that her sister-in-law, Shamsidar Taharin, was having an affair with Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Shamsidar Taharin is the wife of Mohamed Azmin Ali, the private secretary of the deputy prime minister. Azizan Abu Bakar made the allegations because he was influenced by the convictions of Ummi Hafilda Ali, and as driver for Mohamed Azmin Ali's family, he disliked the arrogant attitude of Shamsidar Taharin.
Through our sources, the allegations do not have, (or) contain, any proof, and the sequence of events appears to be deliberately created.
Apart from that, there are indications that there exists a certain group that may have their own agenda and played a role behind the scenes to urge Ummi Hafilda Ali and Azizan Abu Bakar to smear Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
One of them is Muhamad Taib, who is said to claim to be a Special Branch officer to the prime minister. Muhamad Taib has been identified as Mohd Taib Salamon, an ex-police inspector who has been sacked.
Based on the inquiry at this juncture, my office does not propose to scrutinise this case in the fullest of detail.
Signed
Dato' Mohamed Said Bin Awang
Director of the Special Branch
(under the orders of the Inspector General of Police)
The Royal Malaysian Police''
(Ends text)
Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication and redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
9 comments:
The truth will prevail. A man of charismatic like Anwar stands at par with Obama, Kennedy etc. Tun Mahathir, Bodohwi, Najib are all impotent compared to Anwar. We just wait and see.
this report dated 20/8/1997 only proves that mahathir did not believe in the allegations made that year. He did tell the press that the allegations were lies. only karpal singh and mohd sabu at that time continuously heckled mahathir on why is he keeping a homosexual man in his cabinet.
this report only proves that mahathir believed in the police investigations that anwar was innocent back in 1997. only after fresh evidence were produced in mid 1998 that mahathir started to believe on the charges brought against him.
thanks.
warm regards,
observer
Observer,
You have a good point.
Fresh evidence? I would say fresh situation, i.e; politically when Anwar deemed it was time to start the `Cronyism' Boomaye...
Gukita,
What's Boomaye?
Hahaha.. meaningless.. just that it was the chant Africans used during the Ali - Foreman boxing match before. To me it sounds like the African drum..
Gukita,
I learned a new word.
Mave,
You wont find it in any dictionary though... :-)
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