Kuala Lampur, Jan. 17 -- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer has confirmed that his client has instructed for defamation proceedings to be initiated against Muhammad Yusoff Rawther.

Bukit Gelugor MP and Anwar's lawyer Ramkarpal Singh today confirmed that instructions were given by the PKR president several days ago to commence a defamation suit against Yusoff for the contents of his Statutory Declaration (SD) released on NovEMBER 19 last year.

"As the police investigations into the allegations in the said SD is now complete, with the Solicitor General announcing recently that Anwar will not be charged as a result of such investigations, I will take the necessary steps to file the said defamation suit next week," read Ramkarpal's brief sta...