KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim failed to turn up for an appointment with the police yesterday despite agreeing earlier to allow his statement to be taken at the city police headquarters.
Following the no-show, police said they were considering several options to get the PKR de facto leader to give his statement.
CID director Commissioner Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said police wanted to record Anwar’s statement under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
“He had verbally agreed through his lawyer to come and give us his statement to assist us in our investigations following a report lodged by his former aide who alleged that he had been sodomised by Anwar,” he said at a press conference at the city police headquarters in Jalan Hang Tuah here.
Comm Bakri said police issued Anwar with a notice under Section 111 of the CPC to come forward and to give his statement.
Section 111 of the CPC empowers police officers to require the attendance of witnesses.
It also states if any such person refuses to attend, the police officer may report such refusal to a magistrate who may at his discretion issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by such order.
Comm Bakri said they wanted to ensure all police action was done according the law.
In a statement, Anwar’s lawyer Sankara Nair said the police action in wanting to serve his client notice under the Code was totally unnecessary and was a form of harassment and intimidation.
He said Anwar had voluntarily agreed to present himself at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters to give his statement. He had stayed away yesterday as a sign of protest over the police action.
In his letter to Comm Bakri informing him that Anwar would not be turning up for his appointment, Sankara said that on Saturday a DSP Jude Pereira had contacted him requesting Anwar to appear at the police headquarters on Sunday to have his statement taken.
“After discussing with my client, who was in Penang at the time, we informed DSP Jude that he would be present on Monday (yesterday) at 2pm and it was mutually agreed,” he said in the letter which was attached to his statement.
Later at Anwar’s house in Segambut, Sankara said the notice should be served personally on the person in question and not through a third person.
“It was intimidating for the children,” he said.
Anwar did not meet the press despite the media gathering at his house the moment they got word that he was not going to turn up for his police appointment.
Several PKR members of parliament and supporters were seen entering the house throughout the day. Among them were PKR information chief Tian Chua and Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
Following the no-show, police said they were considering several options to get the PKR de facto leader to give his statement.
CID director Commissioner Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said police wanted to record Anwar’s statement under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
“He had verbally agreed through his lawyer to come and give us his statement to assist us in our investigations following a report lodged by his former aide who alleged that he had been sodomised by Anwar,” he said at a press conference at the city police headquarters in Jalan Hang Tuah here.
Comm Bakri said police issued Anwar with a notice under Section 111 of the CPC to come forward and to give his statement.
Section 111 of the CPC empowers police officers to require the attendance of witnesses.
It also states if any such person refuses to attend, the police officer may report such refusal to a magistrate who may at his discretion issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by such order.
Comm Bakri said they wanted to ensure all police action was done according the law.
In a statement, Anwar’s lawyer Sankara Nair said the police action in wanting to serve his client notice under the Code was totally unnecessary and was a form of harassment and intimidation.
He said Anwar had voluntarily agreed to present himself at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters to give his statement. He had stayed away yesterday as a sign of protest over the police action.
In his letter to Comm Bakri informing him that Anwar would not be turning up for his appointment, Sankara said that on Saturday a DSP Jude Pereira had contacted him requesting Anwar to appear at the police headquarters on Sunday to have his statement taken.
“After discussing with my client, who was in Penang at the time, we informed DSP Jude that he would be present on Monday (yesterday) at 2pm and it was mutually agreed,” he said in the letter which was attached to his statement.
Later at Anwar’s house in Segambut, Sankara said the notice should be served personally on the person in question and not through a third person.
“It was intimidating for the children,” he said.
Anwar did not meet the press despite the media gathering at his house the moment they got word that he was not going to turn up for his police appointment.
Several PKR members of parliament and supporters were seen entering the house throughout the day. Among them were PKR information chief Tian Chua and Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
