The Malaysian Insight

UMNO supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam needs to use a different tactic instead of harping on his past sodomy charges, Anwar Ibrahim said today.

The Port Dickson by-election candidate pointed out that Lokman and Umno must have run out of ideas if they have to dig up a 20-year-old case which has been closed.

“It has already been 20 years, find another method,” Anwar said at a press conference today.

Lokman had accused Anwar of sodomising an Indonesian student in Singapore recently, saying it was reported by news portal Berita Mediacorp.

The portal has since issued a denial and Lokman deleted the accusation from his Facebook page.

Anwar said Lokman should apologise to him and Berita Mediacorp for tarnishing their images.

“If he is righteous enough, he should apologise,” said Anwar, who is also PKR president-elect.

PKR is not letting the matter rest.

Its communications director Fahmi Fadzil today lodged a police report against Lokman in Port Dickson, claiming the fake post was intended to smear Anwar’s campaign.

“This is a wild accusation by Umno, which didn’t even want to contest in Port Dickson. Umno is scared,” Fahmi said.

Lokman in the posting also said the student had lodged a report against Anwar and was being treated in a hospital under police protection.

Berita Mediacorp has demanded Lokman explain the matter and said that even Singapore police are not aware of the matter.

Lokman, a former aide to Anwar during the Reformasi period in 1998, had left PKR to rejoin Umno. – October 1, 2018.