Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman of Malaysia will not apologise to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for claims that he had been offered a deputy ministership post as incentive to join Pakatan Rakyat. Anifah said he had bigger tasks to concentrate on and did not have time to worry about Anwar’s threat to file to a defamation suit against him. “I have no time to worry about Anwar,” he told reporters at the KL International Airport. “I have bigger and better things to do as Foreign Minister like helping with the efforts to counter the effects of the global economy downturn.” Anwar had denied making any offer to Anifah as an incentive to join Pakatan. His lawyer Sankara Nair said in a statement that Anwar had instructed him to file a defamation suit against Anifah unless he issued an apology. Anifah had claimed at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington that Anwar had offered him the deputy premiership to persuade him to switch sides after the general election last year.
POLITICAL COMBATS IN MALAYSIA
Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman of Malaysia will not apologise to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for claims that he had been offered a deputy ministership post as incentive to join Pakatan Rakyat.
