Friday July 18, 2008 MYT 9:47:30 PM
There is no conspiracy against Anwar, says PM
By V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has stressed that there is no political conspiracy against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and has given his assurance for the safety of the PKR adviser.
The Prime Minister said no one should believe that there was a conspiracy or any plans by the Government to victimise the Opposition leader.
He said that he could not stop international perception that there was such a conspiracy as the media had already chosen to believe it.
"They say his sodomy allegation is something like that that had happened before. If one wants to believe, how can we control such things?"
"Actually what they are accusing us of is not right at all," he told reporters here Friday. . Abdullah said he had already given assurance that the investigation on the sodomy allegation on Anwar would be conducted professionally.
He said he had met both Anwar's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and PKR vice-president Azmin Ali and assured them of Anwar's safety.
"I can give the assurance. Even his wife met me for a guarantee that a repeat of the earlier "black eye incident" would not happen.
" YB Azmin asked for a assurance and I said he (Anwar) will be safe and that we will investigate according to the provisions of the law," he said.
The Prime Minister urged Anwar to allow the authorities to take samples for a DNA test if he insisted that he was innocent.
"The DNA sample the authorities have is too old, so they need a new sample, what is wrong in giving?
"If he insists that he is not involved, (in sodomy as alleged) she should give the sample now and we will see the results as proof," he said, adding that the police want to solve his case fast but were unable to do so due to the difficulties in getting the DNA sample.
"If we wanted to complete the case fast, it could have been done Thursday but (it is) not finished yet," he said.
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