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Oh c’mon! If you haven’t read:

A police report has been lodged against de facto PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly sodomosing one of his aides - the second time that such an accusation had been made in over 10 years.

The report was lodged by the 23-year-old alleged victim at the Jalan Travers police station at 6pm.

KL police chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman confirmed that the report had been made.

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PKR sent out an SMS message stating that the police had detained Anwar’s special aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan this afternoon and forced him to lodge a police report about being sodomised by his boss.

It added that the police are expected to arrest Anwar soon.

Either the government is incredibly stupid to try this stunt again, or incredibly clever to divert the nation’s attention from real issues (price hikes, corruption, Altantuya) with a scandal. The latter strategy seems to be working as I trawled through the blogs and everybody has something to say about Anwar’s alleged sodomy. We fell for it again, suckers.

Nobody believed the sodomy allegations (unless you’re BigDog or extremely ill-informed) back in 1998. I didn’t. Like many others, I have reservations about Anwar over his political ambitions and motives, but sodomy between two consensual adults doesn’t sound like a crime to me. Unless there is some proof that Saiful was forced to spread his legs while Anwar did the deed. It’s physically unfathomable, I don’t think Anwar’s back is up for such vigorous shoving and heaving (think Brokeback). Honestly now. If this is true, I’d like to see corroborative evidence from Saiful’s end (no pun intended). A third party maybe? A video of two men shagging but of poor quality? A stained mattress at a yet unbuilt condominium?? Anal tearing for Saiful? History shows, it was a sandiwara then. Odds are, it’s another sandiwara this time round.

Can you believe this? From Rocky:

“Saya Mohd Saiful Bukhari b Azlan (850706-01-5687) ingin melaporkan bahawa saya telah diliwat oleh majikan saya. Perkara ini berlaku tanpa kerelaan saya. Kejadian terakhir berlaku 26/6/08 di Unit 1151, Kondominium Desa Damansara, Jln Setia Kasih, KL. Oleh itu, tujuan laporan ini dibuat untuk mendapat pembelaan dan keadilan keatas diri saya. Saya juga berasa bimbang dengan keselamatan diri dan keluarga saya jika perkara ini tersebar luas di khalayak ramai. Majikan saya Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim - Ketua Umum PKR.”

And poor Saiful. I speculated that he either owes a HUGE debt to somebody or he is being blackmailed into submission for a dire reason. At 23 years old, his future is as good as over because there is no life after this in this conservative country if you’ve been butt-fucked. Look at Azizan and Sukma - they’ve disappeared and most probably surgically altered their faces in shame ….. or have left the country right after the hearings in 1999.

From the responses I’ve gathered, nobody believes this. With the poor reputation the police has, nobody will believe their investigations. And with all eyes on the judiciary and it’s lack of independence, nobody will believe that you will find true justice in the courts. Nobody believes the government. Nobody believes Anwar. Nobody believes the media.

We’ve been fed with too many lies and distractions. Time to take back the truth. If you can your own independent investigation - do it and blog about it.

Meanwhile, I’m taking all this with a pinch of salt and a slice of lemon.