PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister's Office today lodged police reports against three people for alleged criminal defamation against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over his residence and vehicle.
The reports were lodged by the prime minister's political secretary, Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, at the district police headquarters.
He named Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as "Chegubard", Bersatu supreme council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen.
Farhan claimed all three had made statements which had criminally defamed Anwar on social media.
He claimed that several days ago, at a ceramah in Jerlun, Kedah, Wan Saiful had defamed the prime minister over the same issue.
On Tuesday, Badrul had lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over Anwar's residence in Sungai Long, Kajang.
He had urged MACC to investigate the prime minister as he claimed that the house was actually owned by a "mysterious Chinese towkay".
Speaking to the media after lodging the report, Badrul had also brought up the issue of a luxury car used by Anwar, which he had claimed was not owned by the Pakatan Harapan chairman and PKR president.
Farhan said he had also lodged a report against Badrul for breaking MACC laws by revealing the contents of his report to the commission which had defamed the prime minister.
"The statements made by certain irresponsible parties are baseless, malicious and politically-motivated," he told reporters outside the district police headquarters, accompanied by Anwar's lawyer, Datuk Sankara Nair.
Farhan said he had solid proof that Badrul's claims were false.
The proof, he said, would be handed over to police for investigation.
Meanwhile, district police chief Assistant Commissioner A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz confirmed that the reports had been lodged.