BUKIT MERTAJAM: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) denies that several former PKR members were also arrested in the crackdown on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam (LTTE) sympathisers since last week. "I have not received any reports of present or former PKR members involved or arrested by the Bukit Aman Counter Terrorism Division (E8)," said Anwar when asked on rumours that four former PKR members were among those arrested in the continuing operation by E8 on Saturday (Oct 12). Anwar spoke at a press conference after opening the state PKR Convention here on Sunday (Oct 13). On the use of Sosma in the LTTE crackdown, Anwar said he agreed with using the law to curb terrorism activities but said certain parts should be amended. "We have been against the Act from the beginning and it's not confined to the LTTE crackdown but also in other instances," he added.

Source: The Star October 13, 2019 06:45 UTC