About seven years ago, someone wrote a book entitled 50 Reasons Why Anwar Ibrahim Should Not Be Prime Minister . You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what kind of book this was or what sort of person the author of such a book would be. But just let me share with you some thoughts about this matter.

This book was part and parcel of a despicable political conspiracy to assassinate my character. And this was no low-level, ordinary conspiracy but one orchestrated at the highest levels backed by virtually unlimited financial resources. The ultimate objective was of course to destroy my political career and to do whatever it takes to see that I would never become prime minister of Malaysia.

Of course, I took legal action against these culprits for defamation of character then itself and the High Court granted me an injunction in 1998. But the matter dragged on with no resolution in sight.