THERE will be no charge against PKR president Anwar Ibrahim on the complaint of outraging the modesty of his former aide, Solicitor-General Engku Nor Faizah Engku Atek said.

In a statement released by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) today, Engku Nor Faizah said investigations revealed there was no case in the complaint brought against Anwar by his former aide, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther.

The solicitor-general added the AGC found there was a lack of evidence to proffer charges against any individual.

“After reviewing the facts of the case in the investigation papers submitted by the police, we have found factual contradictions, which do not support any kind of charges against anyone under Section 354 of the Penal Code or any other sections in the code,” Engku Nor Faizah said.

This being the case, Engku Nor Faizah said it concurred with the police that the case be closed.

“However, in keeping with practice, the case will be reopened if new evidence surfaces,” she said.

The solicitor-general made the decision as Attorney-General Tommy Thomas had recused himself from the case due to his links to the PKR president.

Yusoff had accused Anwar of sexual misconduct, initially in a statutory declaration on November 19 but subsequently made a police report about, alleging the incident took place more than a year ago.

In his statutory declaration, Yusoff, 26, said Anwar tried to force him to perform sexual acts at Anwar’s home in Bukit Segambut on October 2, 2018.

Anwar denied the allegation, saying he had been at an event to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi on the day of the supposed attack, and busy campaigning in the Port Dickson by-election.

Yusoff went to Bukit Aman on December 9 and 10 to make a statement.

The police then took Anwar’s statement on December 12 and visited his Bukit Segambut house.

Bukit Aman CID director Huzir Mohamed said the police had taken statements from eight witnesses, with more to be interviewed.

On December 17, as part of the investigation, Yusoff also took a polygraph test, which lasted for four hours.

His lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said it was now up to police to decide how it wanted to proceed. – January 14, 2020.