Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders predicted a backlash today for Umno after Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik admitted that businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay, Perkasa’s Datuk Shuib Lazim, and himself were behind Monday’s screening of a sex video allegedly featuring Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The sex video scandal surfaced early on Monday when a mysterious “Datuk T”, had shown to journalists a black-and-white video of a man performing sexual acts with a woman of apparently East Asian origin in a hotel room, dated February 21.
The PKR de facto leader had since came out to deny that he was the man in the video, backed by his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as well as his fellow opposition leaders.
Anwar had later pointed the finger at Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for conspiring against him.
Today, opposition leaders jumped on the fact that the trio was linked to Umno, calling it a political attack to distract voters from “real issues”.
Selangor DAP vice chairman, Charles Santiago told The Malaysian Insider that it came as no surprise that the people behind the screening of the video are linked to Umno.
“From day one, people knew it was Umno, it’s just that people didn’t know which faction of Umno it was coming from and so it was obvious that this was the Mahathir faction that seems to be involved in this episode.
“I think it’s an overkill and I think there is going to be a backlash,” he said.
PAS Shah Alam MP, Khalid Samad, said that this fiasco was “clearly politically motivated” when there are former Umno leaders actively involved.
“It was done purely to make sure Anwar is out of the picture and it will backfire on them.
“I think basically we just have to say that they are going to go all out to create the perception that Anwar is a sex-crazy individual who has no control over his sexual desire,” he said.
Abdul Rahim is a former Malacca chief minister who was charged with statutory rape of a minor in 1994, but the public prosecutor later withdrew the charge citing lack of evidence. He is now the chairman of RISDA.
Shazryl was known to be formerly in Anwar’s inner circle. He is currently the plaintiff in the case that was filed in January 2002, claiming a breach of contract by Merong Mahawangsa Sdn Bhd and Datuk Yahya A. Jalil — for failing to pay him RM20 million after he had procured the Johor crooked bridge project for them.
Perkasa treasurer, Shuib, was a former Sungai Petani Umno division leader, and is Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd. Shafie Apdal’s father-in-law.
PKR communications director, Nik Nazmi, said that the continuous political attack against its de facto leader was getting tiresome.
“This is to show that Anwar is morally incapable and a hypocrite, although you don’t know what the pattern is, whether he is gay, a womaniser or a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“This shows that what we are saying, made up to smear Anwar, as he is seen to be the biggest threat to Umno” he said.
He said that people were getting tired of such political ploys.
Santiago said that today was a “great day” for the opposition because there was “ample proof now that this has been doctored” and this is a propaganda tool of the “desperate Umno boys because only desperados will do something like this”.
“If you want to knock off your opponent, it is through policy debates, it’s through various development policies and so on, that you outsmart the other guy there. That’s the advantage that you bring but here you want to be a sleazeball and by doing this, you think people are going to support you. People will not because they voted for a prime minister, they vote for an opposition leader, they don’t vote for the best husbands in the world, or the best fathers in the world.
“As a voter, you vote for the candidate that you think will bring about change in the government, that will bring about progress for the people, development for the people. That’s who people vote for, not for sleazeballs,” he said.
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This crook politician put LGE into jail for helping a young Malay girl for having sex with him!!!!
PRAY thta GOD will fulfill RAHAMAN prophsesy Najib will be the last BN PM after this new government come in to clean up the big messes created by BN
We must start our campiagn now to tell the whole Malaysian that the system under Najib 1Malaysia failed. For a start, Pakatan Rakyat must win Sarawak election next month. Thereafter, we will see the migration of UMNO's millionaire leaving this country.
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