I M Not Playing Politics Igp Says Over Remarks On Anwar Probe

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(FMT) – Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador has refused to respond to criticism from PKR leaders loyal to Anwar Ibrahim who accused the top cop of insinuating that the sexual assault claims against their party president was true.
Hamid said he did not want to prolong the issue.
Earlier today, Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad criticised Hamid over his comments yesterday on the probe.
Among others, Hamid said the Attorney-General’s Chambers had decided there was no case against Anwar because of a lack of physical evidence as it happened a “long time ago”.
Nik Nazmi said the tone of Hamid’s comments were “deeply regrettable” and against the principle of “innocent until proven guilty”.
PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution said Hamid’s comments implied that a sexual assault against Anwar’s former research assistant Muhammed Yusoff Rawther did take place.
“Leave it be. I wasn’t playing politics when I came out with the statement,” he told FMT.
Yusoff’s police report against Anwar in early December resulted in a probe by the Classified Criminal Investigation Unit (D5) under Section 354 of the Penal Code, which deals with complaints of criminal force being used to outrage a person’s modesty.
Yusoff claimed the incident took place at Anwar’s residence in Bukit Segambut on Oct 2, 2018. The PKR leader has rejected the allegations.
On Tuesday, Solicitor-General Engku Nor Faizah Engku Atek announced, on behalf of Attorney-General Tommy Thomas who recused himself from the case, that the Attorney-General’s Chambers found insufficient evidence “to prosecute on the reports lodged based on the evidence available in the investigation papers”.
 

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