Ezam who? - Anwar (Kuala Terengganu Election)

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today refused to acknowledge allegations by former political secretary Ezam Mohd Noor that the former deputy prime minister had tried to make peace with then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed shortly after being sacked in 1998.

"Who?" he repeated as he cupped a hand to his ear when asked about Ezam's claim made during the Kuala Terengganu by-election campaign.

"We are in 2009, that was in 1998. He waited 11 years to think of this," Anwar told reporters in Parliament today, refusing to confirm or deny the allegations.

"You can ask him," he said of the existence of any evidence, "but I have never responded to him. I will not give him any recognition," the Permatang Pauh MP added.

Ezam had claimed that he has in his possession solid evidence to prove that Anwar had instructed him to contact Dr Mahathir.

"I am waiting for his reply before I can reveal the evidence, which Anwar cannot deny," the former PKR Youth chief had said.

Ezam, had joined Umno last year soon after Dr Mahathir himself had left the party, claiming that Anwar will stop at nothing to become prime minister and has betrayed the Malays.

- Malaysian Insider