Nazri: No Saiful-DPP love affair

The Attorney-General had probed the matter and found that the allegations were "baseless".

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KUALA LUMPUR:  There is no proof to suggest that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had an affair with deputy public prosecutor Farah Azlina Latif who was part of the Anwar Ibrahim Sodomy II prosecution team.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz revealed this in a written reply to Karpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor), saying that the attorney-general had probed the matter and found that the allegations were “baseless”.

“There were no concrete evidence to suggest so,” added the de facto law minister.

Nazri said Farah was removed from the prosecution team to prevent any further allegations of impropriety and to maintain the prosecution’s credibility.

The affair allegation first surfaced in Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s Malaysia Today portal.

Opposition Leader Anwar had attempted to strike out the case in view of the allegation but the High Court ruled that Farah’s role was “limited” and she “had no access to any investigation papers, including any documents” which meant that there was no abuse of power.

The ruling by Judge Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah was made despite noting that the prosecution team had not answered the defence’s affidavit concerning the alleged affair.

He had also refused to call Saiful and Farah to answer the allegation about their “affair” during the trial.
The court has set Dec 8 and 9 to hear closing statements before ruling on the sodomy charge with a conviction possibly ending the PKR de facto leader’s ambitions of becoming prime minister.

Anwar has maintained that he is innocent and that the sodomy charge was trumped up to kill off his political career.

He openly accused Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor of masterminding the charges against him. Both denied the allegations.