Perkasa to Anwar: Where is your love of truth?
A group of NGOs lambast Anwar for continuing to refuse submitting his DNA to the court.
(Free Malaysia Today) – Perkasa has thrown PKR’s fight for truth and justice back at its de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim by challenging him to uphold these principles and submit his DNA sample to the High Court.
Anwar, who is facing his second sodomy trial, has refused to provide a DNA sample after the High Court ruled last week that the samples obtained from items in his detention cell were inadmissible.
Last Friday, Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abidin applied for the court to compel Anwar to provide his DNA for profiling. Anwar described the application as “frivolous” and “a political game”.
This has led to Perkasa Youth Chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah questioning whether PKR’s struggle was genuine, seeing that its leader was trying to “silence those who are seeking the truth”.
Anwar and his supporters have said they fear that surrendering a sample of his DNA would expose his case to manipulation by parties determined to kill him off politically. They do not trust the integrity of the system, including the police, the judiciary and medical authorities.
“The fact is the prosecution has all along adamantly refused all defence requests to be provided with full details, data and samples of the DNA testing performed on samples taken from (sodomy accuser) Saiful’s body and clothing,” PKR Communication Director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad wrote in a recent article.
“This is contrary to all established protocols on DNA testing and which would have automatically excluded the evidence in any fair trial.
“Such a refusal makes it impossible for the defence and the court to independently verify the integrity of the testing. The refusal only serves to reinforce the view that the prosecution has something important to hide about the so-called DNA testing. In such a case, it would be a complete mockery of justice for Anwar to have to provide a DNA sample to help the prosecution affirm a suspicious and fabricated result,” Nik Nazmi had said.
