Anwar accuses Mahathir of lying

Anwar accuses Mahathir of lying

KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysia's jailed former deputy
premier Anwar Ibrahim insisted on Monday he had declared his
assets while in office and accused Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamad of lying about the issue.

Mahathir last week said Anwar, who has filed police reports
while in custody alleging high-level government corruption, had
failed to declare his own assets while in office.

The premier said Anwar, "who has been shouting from the
rooftop that everybody should be transparent, has never declared
his assets.

But Anwar, in an e-mail statement released through his wife's
opposition party, said Mahathir "is lying when he says that I did
not declare my assets when I was the deputy prime minister of
Malaysia."

Anwar was taken from hospital by police on Monday and
transferred directly to Sungai Buloh prison where he is serving a
six-year term for corruption.