By Syed Jaymal Zahiid -The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Anti-Anwar Ibrahim leaflets were found scattered outside the Duta Court Complex here where the Opposition leader’s sodomy trial is taking place.
The leaflets accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of being “a traitor” and “a liar”. It further attacked the PKR de facto leader as “a desperate man” bidding to divert public attention from his “personal moral flaws” by politicising the trial.
“A derailed fighting agenda, he (Anwar) would sell his country, religion and race to become the prime minister. He would drag the rakyat in his personal problems,” read one of the leaflets.
Anwar’s daughter, PKR Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah, was also a target.
Leaflets alleging the first-term lawmaker of neglecting her constituency, saying it was suffering since she became the MP there.
“What has she done for the constituency since she won?” it read. The accusation is not without basis. Feedback from the ground indicates widespread discontent over Nurul’s inability to help her constituents.
Court security guards told The Malaysian Insider a black “Lexus-type” four-wheel drive vehicle came to the complex at about 5am, made a single round and scattered the leaflets before heading off.
“They’ve been doing this on a daily basis... every time the trial takes place, they will be around to distribute them,” said one security guard.
Nurul who was present to lend her support to her father believes Umno is behind this.
“This is definitely the work of Umno. I hope people will not be influenced by this. I will continue to do my job for the constituency,” she told reporters here.
Anwar, on trial for sodomising his former aide, has been actively engaging the media in a war to rally support as he faces what may be a politically career-ending charge.
But his political rivals, as seen by the distribution of the leaflets, aren’t about to let the Opposition leader win the out-of-court battle.
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