A TV3 news editor today testified that reports by Reuters and Filipino news organisations did not cite PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim as the "dalang" (puppet master) behind the Lahad Datu incursion in 2013.

Kamaruddin Mape, 48, said this after being asked to read three news articles while under cross-examination by Anwar's lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan and identify if her client was identified by these news reports.

Kamaruddin is a defence witness in Anwar's RM100 million defamation suit against TV3 and Utusan Malaysia. Utusan retracted their article on expressed regret to Anwar last October.