KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will issue a note to the United States embassy to protest the country's statement warning against any "politically-motivated" investigation into PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said this was because the statement was tantamount to an attempt by the United States to meddle in the country's domestic affairs.
"This is a statement which I perceive as an attempt to meddle in our administration. We have our own government, our own laws and our own enforcement.
"We know what we will have to do to ensure all due process in the law is implemented fairly and nobody is ill-treated or threatened. This is our objective and our practice.
"I will ask the Foreign Minister (Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim) to write a note," he told reporters Tuesday after meeting with Opposition Leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at his office in Parliament building here.
The meeting had taken place following a police report lodged by Anwar's aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 23, that he had been sodomised by the politician.
Abdullah was commenting on a statement by Washington warning Malaysia against any "politically-motivated investigation or prosecution" into the sodomy case involving Anwar.
US State Department spokesman Tom Casey was quoted as saying that "it hoped there would not be a pattern" because Anwar had faced similar charges in 1998.
Abdullah said the statement by the United States seemed to indicate that the country was "prejudiced" against Malaysia and the enforcement of its laws, and that it was not appropriate for a country, which is one of Malaysia's largest trading partners, to issue such a statement.
"The United States seems to harbour prejudice against us. The Government will not intervene in any investigation. The team carrying out the probe are professionals and they know their duties.
"They know what's permitted of them and what's not," he said.
Earlier, in another press conference, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the police probe into the newest police case against Anwar "was never politically motivated".
"It has never been politically motivated at all. Washington had better get their facts right," he said.
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