MALAYSIAN POLITICS - ANWAR SAYS SEVERED TIES WITH RPK .

Anwar says severed ties with RPK
PETALING JAYA, Jan 3 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today he has stopped all forms of communication with Raja Petra Kamarudin since the Sarawak election, accusing the political blogger of “supporting Barisan Nasional”.
The PKR defacto leader brushed aside Raja Petra’s critical remarks against him in recent interviews with Umno dailies Utusan Malaysia and News Straits Times.
“I have not contacted him since he supported Barisan Nasional in the Sarawak elections…there has been no communication for the last six months,” Anwar told reporters here.
Anwar said he had been friends with Raja Petra for ten year, and acknowledged the fact that the Selangor prince had “actively” supported him while he was in prison back in 199.
“He (Raja Petra) ran to London because he did not want to go to prison,” said Anwar.
“I don’t usually comment on attacks like these, coming close to elections like the Sarawak polls last time, carried out by individuals using Umno media,” added Anwar, in apparent reference to the Malaysia Today portal editor’s interview with TV3 prior to the Sarawak election last year.
Raja Petra had said that Anwar was morally unfit to become prime minister as Malaysians could not accept a homosexual to lead the country.
The self-exiled blogger did not explicitly call Anwar a homosexual but said there was no room in Malaysia for someone who is gay and wants to become PM.
He also said he was “90 per cent” sure the man in the Datuk T sex video was Anwar, and that many of the latter’s friends believed in the authenticity of the video.
PKR has attacked Raja Petra for his remarks made about Anwar’s sexual orientation, calling it “untrue” and “libellous”, and have accused him of being hired by Umno.
Raja Petra had also criticised Anwar’s appointment as Selangor state economic advisor, saying that corruption was still rampant in the state.
“A lot of people have been asking for projects, and have not been getting what they want,” said Anwar bluntly in response.
“I am doing my duties based on my experience as finance minister,” he added.( MALAYSIAN INDISER)