Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim today applied for a review of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) decision in clearing attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail and police chief Musa Hassan of any criminal involvement in the renowned black-eye case.

anwar ibrahim speech in penang 061208 01 Last week, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz told the Dewan Rakyat that an independent panel established by MACC had concluded that the duo had not committed any wrongdoings as alleged by Anwar.

"As far as I am concerned, the application to review to MACC is primary to prove a basic fundamental point that we have adduced stark clear evidence on the issue of fabrication and suppression of evidence in involving the IGP and AG," said the opposition leader.

The appeal, which was addressed to MACC's advisory board chairperson Abdul Hamid Mohamad, also included a detailed compilation of documents relating to the findings from medical reports, the Royal Commission of Inquiry and several other key documents.

Prior to this, Anwar had written to every member of the advisory panel urging them to investigate the involvement of Abdul Gani and Musa as there was no feedback on the matter.

He had also lodged a police report last month following new developments of alleged fabrication in the arrest warrant which led to his arrest in 1998 and imprisonment under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

Undated forensic report

Anwar said this time around they have also attached the evidence of a forensic report by Dr Abdul Rahman Yusuf in 1998.

According to Subang PKR parliamentarian R Sivarasa, the doctor had filed the report under the instructions of the then deputy public prosecutor Abdul Gani.

anwar ibrahim 1998 arrest reforamsi days 010708 black eye "The doctor in the report had given the impression that he physically examined Anwar but he himself is not aware of it," claimed Sivarasa.

The dossier also included the black-eye incident investigating officer Mat Zain Ibrahim's Statement of Claims which stated that "the investigation was being manipulated by the insertion of this medical report because Dr Rahman never physically examined Anwar."

"The (alleged) fabrication did not stop there. It continued in November and December 1998 with the fabrication of a second false undated medical report by Dr Rahman," said Anwar in the review application.

Moreover, Sivarasa also stated that there was a third medical report Oct 2, 1998 but it was not exhibited to the royal commission.

Anwar then added that the MACC chief was committing an offence by not revealing all the facts and documents to the independent panel.

The opposition leader said he would be seeking an appointment with MACC's Abdul Hamid next week to discuss further details of the inquiry, and hopefully to get them to review the decision to declare the AG and IGP innocent in relation to the black-eye incident.