KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat leaders deny that the man in a Datuk T Sex video shown to journalists on Monday is opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“This is a doctored video of Anwar,” alleged PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in his tweet.
A 21-minute video, showing a man resembling Anwar having sex with a woman, was shown to newsmen by a man who identified himself only as Datuk T. He claimed the video was recorded on Feb 21 in a local hotel room.
PKR secretary -general Saifuddin Nasution challenged the mysterious Datuk T to reveal himself before making accusations against Anwar.
“Who is this Datuk T? We cannot just respond to any Tom, Dick or Harry. He is brave enough to challenge Anwar, but does not dare to expose himself. There needs to be some credibility,” Nasution said when contacted.
Nasution said the entire exercise was a sign of Umno’s and Barisan Nasional’s desperation in their bid to demolish Anwar.
“This has been part of a failed smear campaign for the past 12 years.
"This was also timed to divert attention away from issues of corruption and scandal in Sarawak,” said Nasution, adding he was confident the party would pass this ‘test’ because of his firm belief that Anwar had been made a victim.
PKR’s Batu MP Tian Chua, in his tweet, described the “special viewing of a doctored video of Anwar Ibrahim” to the media as a desperate tactic by Barisan Nasional to distract the debate from policies and governance ahead of the Sarawak polls.
“(Barisan) shifted to focus on smearing in character assassination. The whole purpose of the exercise is to smear (Anwar’s name). The people who presented the video viewing in Carcosa this morning won’t even reveal their identities,” he said.
Tian said he expected the mainstream media to play the story “to the extreme”.
Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/21/nation/20110321164148&sec=nation
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