KL protests trip by Anwar's wife

KL protests trip by Anwar's wife

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia protested on Monday a planned
visit by the wife of jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim
to the Philippines and warned Manila against interfering in
Malaysian affairs.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said his ministry would
summon the Philippine ambassador in Kuala Lumpur to object to
Azizah Ismail's planned visit to Manila this week.

"I think this is a very serious matter and therefore I have
asked my officials to call the Philippine ambassador to state our
unease toward Wan Azizah's visit as president of a domestic
party," the official Bernama news agency quoted Syed as saying.

Azizah, who recently formed a multiethnic opposition party,
will visit Manila on Wednesday as a guest of the Rotary Club.

An aide to Azizah said she was expected to meet former
Philippine president Corazon Aquino, who spearheaded opposition
to dictator Ferdinand Marcos after the assassination of her
husband Benigno.