Did former Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim play a role in deciding the outcome of Anwar Ibrahim's defamation suit against former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the High Court two years' ago?

This question was mooted following allegations in an anonymous letter that High Court judicial commissioner Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat had struck out Anwar's libel suit after meeting Ahmad Fairuz several times before delivering her verdict.