KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim took a journalist to task after she prodded him for a comment over sacked PKR MP Zulkifli Noordin's startling revelation.
"Not necessary... there is no necessity. Ask him who had instructed him, I don't know. He had not mentioned any name. Even if he had mentioned, I won't entertain it.
"As a good journalist, if he said he was asked by somebody, then you should ask him. He (Zulkifli) is in Parliament," he said when met by reporters after his sodomy case proceedings at the High Court here.
Yesterday, the Kulim Bandar Baru MP told Parliament that he was offered a substantial reward to implicate Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
However, the lawyer, who acted for one of the accused but later withdrew, refused to reveal the identity of this “third party”.
Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan this morning confirmed that an investigation has been launched.
Who is paying you?
Meanwhile, the journalist had explained to Anwar that she wanted to know whether he was denying or confirming the matter.
This further irked the Opposition Leader, who responded: "It is a very unreasonable statement from a journalist... who is paying you to ask this question?"
The journalist then said that she wanted to be fair by getting his side of the story.
"What do you mean my side of the story?” retorted Anwar. “He did not mention my name... did he insinuate that it was me?"
25/03/10
"Not necessary... there is no necessity. Ask him who had instructed him, I don't know. He had not mentioned any name. Even if he had mentioned, I won't entertain it.
"As a good journalist, if he said he was asked by somebody, then you should ask him. He (Zulkifli) is in Parliament," he said when met by reporters after his sodomy case proceedings at the High Court here.
Yesterday, the Kulim Bandar Baru MP told Parliament that he was offered a substantial reward to implicate Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
However, the lawyer, who acted for one of the accused but later withdrew, refused to reveal the identity of this “third party”.
Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan this morning confirmed that an investigation has been launched.
Who is paying you?
Meanwhile, the journalist had explained to Anwar that she wanted to know whether he was denying or confirming the matter.
This further irked the Opposition Leader, who responded: "It is a very unreasonable statement from a journalist... who is paying you to ask this question?"
The journalist then said that she wanted to be fair by getting his side of the story.
"What do you mean my side of the story?” retorted Anwar. “He did not mention my name... did he insinuate that it was me?"
25/03/10
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