KUALA LUMPUR: PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has formally requested for his lawyer's presence when facing the Parliamentary Privileges and Rights Committee tomorrow.
The opposition leader has also requested that he be allowed to list down witnesses to be called for his hearing.
Anwar was referred to the committee for linking Apco Worldwide, the PR company hired by the Najib administration to promote his all-inclusive 1 Malaysia idea, to Israel.
Anwar said he is ready to give full his cooperation to the committee but made several requests in a bid to ensure that his hearing is fair and transparent.
Among the requests, apart from the aforementioned, are that the proceeding be held openly and is a public hearing in nature.
He also wants the committee to provide a list of witnesses it will call to testify against him.
Apco denial means Anwar lied?
The motion to refer him to the committee was made by Kota Belud MP, Abdul Rahman Dahlan, who accused Anwar of misleading the House when he raised the APCO issue in Parliament in the March sitting.
1 Malaysia was linked to 1 Israel by Anwar who said the latter concept was used as election campaign in the early 1990s for then Israeli premier Ehud Barak.
Abdul Rahman reasoned the denial issued by Apco that it had created Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 1 Malaysia clarion call showed Anwar had intentionally misled Parliament.
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