PETALING JAYA: Making a full circle, Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s father admitted that his son was in fact sodomised by Opposition Leader and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.
“To my family members especially my mother, siblings, family of my wife and especially to my son whom I have betrayed, I would like to apologise for making a wrong decision,” Azlan Mohd Lazim told a press conference.
Contrary to his earlier claim, he now said that the sodomy charge was not a political conspiracy as alleged by Anwar.
In March, Azlan, 60, dismissed Saiful’s sodomy allegation as a fabrication and joined PKR.
At the press conference, he also announced his resignation from PKR.
‘He was under pressure’
Meanwhile, PKR’s Sungai Petani parliamentary seat aspirant, Johari Abdul claimed that Azlan had called him numerous times in the past two weeks, saying that he was under “intense pressure”.
“I reminded Azlan that it was he who contacted me to rebut Saiful’s claims. I also told him that if you can’t handle the heat, then good luck to you,” he said.
Criticising Azlan, Johari said that at the age of 60, Saiful’s father should be man enough to be able to handle pressure during the general election.
“Umno’s style is always money and pressure. If you can’t take it, too bad. Man must live on his honour and respect. If you lose that, then you’re no better than any other creature,” he said.
FMT failed to reach PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution for comments.
