Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar has claimed that his allegedly sexual remarks about former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had been taken out of context.

He denied today that the words he used in 2008, which include the phrase 'main belakang' (play from behind), were meant to have any sexual connotations.

Instead, he explained that the words could have other meanings such as being backstabbed, betrayed, or played out.

He told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that he meant for the words to mean Anwar had ‘played out’ DAP and PAS, rather than for the words to refer to sodomy or sexual intercourse.