He alleges a campaign of intimidation against N. Surendran.
KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused Umno of orchestrating a campaign of intimidation against N. Surendran, his lawyer in the “Sodomy 2” appeal to the Federal Court.
In a press statement issued today, he said Umno had organised the lodging of hundreds of police reports against Surendran.
“Among others, top Umno leader Mukhriz Mahathir has publicly called upon all Umno divisions to lodge police reports, whereas Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia’s editorial has called for immediate action against my lawyer,” he said.
Anwar said Surendran was being intimidated because he accused Prime Minister Najib Razak of being involved in the Sodomy 2 “conspiracy”.
He defended the lawyer’s right to speak of Najib’s alleged involvement, saying the alleged conspiracy was one of his main defences in the High Court and would also be used extensively in his appeal to the Federal Court this October.
He claimed that with the slew of police reports, Umno was trying to prevent Surendran from even mentioning Najib’s involvement in the conspiracy.
“Najib is doing the same thing as his mentor did, which is to employ all means within his power through the media, police, the Attorney-General and the Judiciary in order to subvert the course of justice and to take me out of the political equation.”
The statement calls on Umno and Najib to stop interfering with the legal process with direct or indirect pressure.
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