In a forum organised by Majlis Perundingan Melayu (MPM - Malay Consultative Council) last Friday, Dr Chandra told the audience he started to doubt Anwar’s innocence after he was told that the latter was injected with HIV virus.
Dr Chandra recollected what had transpired then and said: ”After we formed Adil (a non-governmental organisation) as a social platform, there were talks that Anwar was injected with HIV virus.
“I doubted it immediately because if the incident had really happened, then I would say that the person who did that actually did not know the consequences.
“I told the guy who informed me about the incident that he should be extra careful with Anwar because HIV virus is only going to affect the body after five to 10 years. So this won’t affect Anwar’s political life,” he said.
Another example, said Dr Chandra, was when Anwar claimed he was poisoned with arsenic when he was in prison.
” I was among the earliest to read the medical report, which was given by his wife Dr Wan Azizah (current president of PKR).
“When I finished reading the report, I told her that there is nothing (in the report) suggesting that Anwar is actually being poisoned.
“The only thing is the arsenic level was very high. This could be due to (excessive) digestion of certain vegetables. I’m pretty sure doctors would have known about this,” Dr Chandra said, adding he started to feel more doubtful about Anwar’s integrity.
The forum, themed 'Pakatan Tidak Sepakat' (Disunity within Pakatan), was organised to enlighten the public on how Pakatan Rakyat (PR) have been hypocritical over numerous issues in order rule the country.
Among other notable speakers were academician and former International Islamic University Malaysia deputy rector Prof Datuk Dr Sidek Baba
Blogger Syed Akbar Ali, who also attended the forum, had put the details of the arsenic incident in his blog.
The blog site known as Outsyed The Box, had posted an article on the issue which was initiated just before the 1999 general election to create negative perception towards the ruling government.
“In 1999 (14 long years ago - how old were you then) Anwar Ibrahim created the scare that someone was trying to kill him. He was in prison and they said he was being poisoned with arsenic. This arsenic poisoning scare happened just weeks before the 1999 General Elections.
“There was some hue and cry because Wan Azizah made the announcement that she had secretly smuggled out some of his urine in a small bottle and had sent it to the Gribbles Pathology Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia to prove that her husband was being poisoned. Well it was a lie,” the blogger wrote further.
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