Wee Choo Keong Witnessed Signing of SD Malaysiakini.Com October 12, 2010

PKR duo: Wee Choo Keong witnessed signing of SD Malaysiakini.com October 12, 2010

PKR turncoat and current independent MP Wee Choo Keong has been named as witness to the statutory declaration signed by party de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's former aide, Rahimi Osman.

The two PKR lawyers Rahimi accused of "coercing" him into signing the SD - party information chief Latheefa Koya and Kedah Youth chief Saiful Izham Ramli ( right ) - said the contentious SD was signed in front of Wee, then the PKR Wangsa Maju MP.

"Rahimi signed the first statutory declaration on June 29, 2008, at the Quality Hotel in Shah Alam. He signed it voluntarily in front of lawyer, Member of Parliament and Commissioner of Oaths Wee Choo Keong.

"The allegation that we 'confined' him in Quality Hotel is ludicrous and totally untrue. He was there on his own free will at all times and volunteering information to assist us with Anwar's case," Latheefa said in a statement given to the police.

Before sending a copy of her statement to reporters as well, she and Saiful Izham were this morning questioned by the police for close to an hour at the Commercial Crimes Investigation Department in Kuala Lumpur. Three years' jail if found guilty

They were also accompanied by their respective lawyers, N Surendran and Rashid Ismail.

They were questioned under Section 199 of the Penal Code for allegedly making a false statement in any declaration receivable by law as evidence.

If found guilty, they face a jail term of up to three years and a fine.

Rahimi ( left ) gave his statement to the police on Friday.

In his explosive revelation on Oct 6, Rahimi had claimed that he was forced into signing two SDs in 2008, implicating Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor in Anwar's current sodomy trial.

He said both Latheefa and Saiful Izham had "detained" him at a hotel for several days after that.