COMMENT In Chapter 53, ‘Anwar's Challenge', on page 695 of the book, ‘A Doctor in the House, The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir', Mahathir wrote, "Though some witnesses were hostile towards me, nobody came forward to say that I had forced him to tell lies to support me.

"One of these hostile witnesses was the former director-general of the Anti-Corruption Agency, Datuk Shafee Yahaya, who had earlier accused me of interfering with an ACA investigation into then DG of the EPU, Tan Sri Ali Abul Hassan.

"In 1998, I had received a complaint that the ACA had been offensive during his investigation and so, knowing how government officers could sometimes be overzealous in their duties, I asked Shafee to explain the situation. Our meeting did not go well and Shafee became angry, accusing me of interfering with his duties.

"Actually the affair with the ACA had nothing to do with Anwar's case. But Shafee had his day in court and seemed to be happy to vilify me."

After reading the above, I had two choices to make - just shrug it off and keep quiet or present our side of the story...