MALAYSIA: Days earlier than a brand new anti-graft chief was appointed, a video clip containing daring claims towards each Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his former political secretary, Farhash Wafa Salvador, went viral.
The video is believed to be an extract from a secretly recorded dialog that was launched final yr and was on the centre of a corruption scandal involving the Prime Minister’s Workplace and a former aide to Anwar, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.
The accusations within the video are made by a businesswoman recognized as a proxy to Shamsul Iskandar, who was Senior Political Secretary to the Prime Minister from December 2022 to his resignation in November 2025. Her identify, already a key prosecution witness in Shamsul’s upcoming corruption trial, can also be extensively publicised in native media and throughout a number of social media platforms.
The case is centred on accusations {that a} businessman, Albert Tei, had given Shamsul Iskandar RM630,000 (S$202,860) in presents and money. Tei made the headlines in 2024 as a whistleblower with a number of movies despatched to the media relating to corruption scandals in Sabah.
In final week’s video, the lady is heard speaking to Albert Tei.
She claimed that somebody named “Anwar” instructed one other particular person named “Farhash” to steal cash to be despatched to Africa. and that Farhash has been granted Turkish nationality.
Close to the viral video, Anwar dismissed allegations that his former aide, Farhash Wafa Salvador, was instructed to steal cash and conceal it in Africa and urged the media to dismiss such accusations.
“There are all kinds of points; no have to reply them. If they’ve causes, they need to present proof. Do you entertain that? Do you entertain? If 1,000 folks remark like that, do I’ve to reply all? If there’s proof, convey it ahead,” he mentioned.
The current clip was additionally shared by PAS data chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, who urged these named to reply.
Anwar’s response to earlier movies from Albert Tei was that the movies on the Sabah mining scandal alone didn’t represent ample proof.
Tei instructed an area information portal that the clip lately launched was a part of a recording he made on Nov 21 final yr.
