Anwar CIA tool: Rais urges ex-members to return to Umno

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KOTA TINGGI: Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim yesterday urged former Umno members who had joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to return to Umno.

His call came following the revelation by well-known blogger in New York, Elaine Meinel Supkis, that PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was a tool of the CIA, the USA intelligence agency, to protect American interest and its covert operations in Malaysia.

“Hopefully, the blog writer has the facts to back her claims, but I believe she has made investigations before writing the article and it’s not just an empty piece,” he told reporters after opening the Pengerang Umno division’s delegates’ meeting, here, yesterday.

Rais, who is an Umno supreme council member, said the former Umno members should realise that in pursuing his objectives, Anwar was like a chameleon as he kept changing his stand to suit his self interest.

He believed that with the return of ex-Umno members to the fold, the Malay struggle could be further strengthened.

He was earlier asked to comment on the revelation by Supkis through her article, “CIA and Mossad want

Anwar Ibrahim assassinated”.

He said the disclosure showed that PKR did not have a reliable leader to lead the country.

Rais, who is also Information Communication and Culture Minister, said each Umno member must discard the attitude of being averse to change and of being selfish

as this could divide the party.

Later, when opening the Kota Tinggi Umno delegates’ meeting, he said the transformation in the party must involve the participaton of all party members and not just the leaders.

“This is to ensure continuity of Umno’s struggle to safeguard the interests of the Malay community, Islam, and the Malay language and culture,” he added. — Bernama