KUALA LUMPUR - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyers today declared
that their client will sue those who spread malicious lies about him
until they are bankrupt, after filing a defamation suit against pro-Umno
blogger “Papa Gomo” for allegedly attempting to link Anwar to a sex
video.
“We’re going to take civil action. We will bankrupt those who
continue doing this, this kind of filthy lies,” Anwar’s (picture) lawyer
N. Surendran told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex today.
Earlier, he said that there would be more defamation suits against
“Papa Gomo” or Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris if he continues posting
allegedly defamatory material on his blog www.papagomo.com.
“Everytime Papa Gomo issues defamatory accusations, obscene
photographs, defamatory videos, we will keep suing him until this man is
bankrupted,” the PKR vice-president said.
Surendran also said that Anwar will not be lodging a police report or
filing a complaint to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission (MCMC) on this matter, saying that they are opting for court
action instead.
Latheefa Koya, another lawyer representing Anwar, similarly told
reporters that there was no need to file a complaint with MCMC, saying
the regulatory body has powers to act even without a complaint.
In the suit filed against Papa Gomo, Anwar is seeking damages and an
injunction to stop the blogger from republishing the alleged defamatory
accusations.
Surendran said they will ask for RM100 million in damages, saying
that the suit was filed after Wan Muhammad had failed to retract his
blog postings and apologise to Anwar within a two-day deadline from this
Tuesday.
In the statement of claim filed today, references were made to three
blog postings by Papa Gomo that contained allegedly defamatory words and
photographs.
In the first posting last Saturday, the blogger had posted a single photograph showing the naked back of a man in a room.
The page also provided a link to another blog page called “Aksi si
Raja Goyang”, which published 13 photographs showing two men embracing
and kissing, believed to be from the same video.
Last Saturday, Anwar had denied being involved in the photographs, saying: “It is a disgusting political gimmick by Umno.”
On Tuesday, Surendran had said the photographs were fake and were
merely a bid by Anwar’s political enemies to tarnish the opposition
leader’s image ahead of Election 2013, which must be called by April 28
and held by late June.
“The faking and distribution of photos and false allegations of a
sexual nature against Anwar has become a trademark of the gutter
politics practised by Umno and its bloggers,” he had said.
Surendran had then claimed that Papa Gomo has “close and confidential ties with the Umno leadership”.
Last year, there was an attempt to link Anwar to a sex scandal after
the release of a video by the “Datuk T trio”, namely former Malacca
Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk
Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib
Lazim.
Anwar denied being the man in the sex video and lodged a police
report against the trio a day after they screened the video to the
media.
On June 24 last year, the “Datuk T” trio admitted to screening the
sex video and were fined a total of RM5,500 by magistrate Aizatul Akmal
Maharani.
Shazryl Eskay and Shuib had been jointly charged with openly
screening pornographic material while Rahim was charged with abetting
them.
During their defence, the court heard that an American expert had determined that the man in the video was Anwar
Nurul Izzah meneruskan ceramahnya di Padang Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, Kampung Bharu, malam tadi. Dan seperti biasa, tiada lain yang disebutnya melainkan polis, pasukan keselamatan, UMNO dan yang berkaitan dengannya. Kalau semalam, Nurul Izzah mengeluarkan kenyataan menghina pasukan polis dengan menuduh polis tidak menjalankan kerja sebaliknya lebih sibuk mengintip rakyat negara ini sendiri, kemudian dia membuat ‘pembetulan’ kononnya, dia tidak berkata begitu sebaliknya menyalahkan New Straits Times dan melabelkan akhbar berkenaan sebagai suara konspirasi UMNO, malam tadi pula, Nurul Izzah sekali lagi menunjukkan bagaimana baka penipu dalam dirinya berfungsi.
Pencerobohan lanun Sulu di Sabah cuba dipersalahkan kepada UMNO. Kononnya pencerobohan tersebut membuktikan polis tidak berfungsi, UMNO gagal mentadbir negara dan menyalahgunakan kuasa serta kegilaan UMNO untuk menyalahkan para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat, khususnya bapanya sendiri, Anwar Ibrahim.
Kemudian, Nurul Izzah memberikan contoh bagaimana ‘kegilaan’ yang dimaksudkannya. Nurul Izzah menceritakan kepada para penyokongnya, bagaimana bapanya telah ditangkap, digari, dilokapkan dan dipenjarakan. Malah tidak ketinggalan juga, dia turut menceritakan bagaimana bapanya telah ditumbuk dengan tangan bergari.
Pun begitu, Nurul Izzah tidak sedikit pun menceritakan punca mengapa bapanya ditangkap dan mengapa pula bekas Ketua Polis Negara hilang pertimbangan dan kesabaran sehingga mengakibatkan insiden berkenaan. Yang Nurul Izzah mahu cakapkan ialah ketidak adilan yang berlaku, berdasarkan pemahamannya yang cetek, dangkal dan menyeleweng.
Amat menarik apabila Nurul Izzah cuba menafikan yang para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat, khususnya seperti bapanya, dirinya sendiri, Tian Chua, Tony Pua, Elizabeth Wong, Teresa Kok dan sebagainya, tidak bersalah dan tidak terlibat langsung dalam perlanggaran undang-undang, bahkan cuba membocorkan rahsia negara kepada pihak asing.
Apa peraturan yang tidak dilanggar oleh Pakatan Rakyat, khususnya PKR? Apa penjelasan yang diberikan oleh PKR berhubung pembiayaan pihak asing bagi aktiviti parti-parti berkenaan? Mengapa sehingga sekarang, PKR enggan memberikan penjelasan berhubung pembabitan George Soros di belakang aktiviti NGO-NGO yang berkiblatkan Anwar Ibrahim? Mengapa isu SUARAM mendapat pembiayaan daripada pihak Zionis untuk tujuan menimbulkan provokasi dalam negara, tidak langsung diperjelaskan oleh para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat?
Malah, mengapa sehingga sekarang, Nurul Izzah tidak pernah berasa bersalah setelah dia cuba membocorkan rahsia ketenteraan negara ini kepada negara asing sepertimana yang dilakukannya di Singapura dan Indonesia? Mengapa pula, Nurul Izzah kelam-kabut membuat penafian dan kemudian menyalahkan UMNO atas ucapannya dalam sebuah forum yang menggesa agar orang Melayu dibenarkan murtad atas nama KEBEBASAN BERAGAMA.
Yang dia sibukkan adalah Ibrahim Ali, Presiden PERKASA yang kononnya sangat RASIS. Mengapa pula dia tidak menyalahkan para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat seperti Teresa Kok, Karpal Singh, Tony Pua dan Lim Kit Siang yang secara jelas menentang Perlembagaan.
