NGO calls for royal commission on Anwar's past activities

Monday, March 8th, 2010 16:59:00

BANDAR BARU BANGI: Newly formed group Gerakan Anti Liwat (GELI) is urging the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the issue of a VCD that it alleged is being distributed to residents of Bandar Baru Bangi.

GELI man

Founder Mohd Arshad Ishak (pic), 26, told reporters after making the police report at the Bandar Baru Bangi police station at 1.55pm that he was prompted into making the report after he discovered a VCD titled "Sandiwara Anwar" in his mailbox on Saturday at about 10am.

Arshad said he took the VCD with him and checked its contents at his office in Section 15.

"There was a 10-minute long video clip of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's activities at the Sungai Buloh Prison.

The date for the recording showed the year was in 2001," he said.

Arshad said that this was not the first time he saw the recording, having previously seen it on various websites and on YouTube and added that this was the first time he saw the recording in VCD form.

"The recording showed footage of Anwar looking frail and on a wheelchair against the backdrop of a graveyard while a different footage showed him looking energetic and able to move without the aid of a wheelchair.

"I feel curious as to how this recording could be distributed to the public when I believe prisons should be secure places and any recordings by the Prison Department, aside from for monitoring purposes, are illegal," he said.

Arshad added that while part of the video footage looked as if they were shot by an individual, he alleged that other parts of it looked as if they may have come from CCTV recordings from the prison itself.

Arshad also claimed that his next door neighbour also had received a copy of the VCD in his mailbox but had told him that he had yet to see its contents.

Arshad said he wasn't sure if his other neighbours had also received a VCD copy because he had not asked anybody else.

Arshad said he has set up a Facebook fan page to garner support to push the government into having the Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate how recordings of Anwar's activities in prison were distributed in the public domain and to find the culprit who made and distributed the recording.

He also urged the government to check on the authenticity of the recording which alleged that Anwar was in good health during his imprisonment in 2001 and not as how he had portrayed to the public with a seemingly weak look, bound to a wheelchair and with a neck brace when making appearances outside of prison.

"I also urge Anwar to refute what is implied in the recording if it is untrue because if that isn't the case then we can deduce that he had lied to the people (about his health) to gain their sympathy while he was in prison. If he had indeed lied, who knows what other things he has lied about to the people?" said Arshad.

Comments

This GELI is totally useless la - you don't need to appear at all

Submitted by sam on Monday, March 15th, 2010.
useless NGOs. pathetic.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010.
For God's sakes! 1) Think of a better name for one! Geli??? GEli apa??? 2) Better yet, think of something more useful to do.. like picking your nose...or driving into a wall... or something! Good heavens, what is this country coming to??!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010.
Politics..... I am so sick of it. Why whatever evidence that is not painting a good picture on somebody, in VCD or DVD and is used to get rid of of that somebody politically, always end up in the mailbox? Don't you guys feel that this is repeating one time too many ? How many of us have heard of "Oh, Chua Soi Lek's video appeared in my letter box. I am going to make (or made) a police report".

Submitted by Thambee Simon Tee on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010.
anwar, got people wants you to die. what a cruel cruel world.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010.
Drama King - what else is not new of him?

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8th, 2010.
With all the social problems in Malaysia like trafficking of women & children, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, baby dumping, abused & neglected children, disabled people, marginalized communities, hardcore poverty, joblessness, statelessness, refugees, (and many more!), why should people focus on irrelevant matters? This GELI seems like a complete waste of resources, time and manpower. Is civil society going to remain complacent of more urgent matters? They should prioritize on socioeconomic issues, needs and concerns of the Rakyat rather than focus on aimless visions.

Submitted by Zashnain on Monday, March 8th, 2010.
Good idea. At the same time check how many other government and opposition politicians are or has been involved in sodomy. We might be surprised at what we find. A poligraph test on all politicians would be a good start.

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8th, 2010.
Totally agree to yours and Zashnain 's comments. On another note, whoever this guy is whom has formed the group may be up to his mischief because DSA has pay no heed to him ........

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010.
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