MALACCA, MALAYSIA - Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should be brave enough to face police investigations if the allegation against him is mere fabrication.

'If he is innocent, he should be brave enough to face the police. I also hope the Turkish Embassy does not intervene in our national affairs,' he said when contacted in Kedah.

Echoing the same sentiment in Kuala Lumpur, Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali urged Anwar to let the police investigate the allegations instead of claiming it as a conspiracy.

'It is not healthy to make such an allegation just after a police report is lodged,' said Ibrahim.

In Kota Baru, PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa called on the Government to apply the Islamic approach.

To guarantee justice and fairness to both the accuser and the suspect, Husam said the Islamic Syariah Law compels the calling of four witnesses to ascertain if sexual misconduct occurred between the two.

He said the emphasis towards finding the truth and the verdict of guilt beyond reasonable doubt in Islam would also ensure that anybody who made a false allegation would also be punished.

The four witnesses would also be compelled to be impartial and sincere as they stand the risk of huge suffering in the afterlife if they too commit a sin by making false statements, he said in a statement.

Husam said the first allegation of sexual misconduct against Anwar remained fresh in many minds of Malaysians.

Therefore, the latest episode was bound to be seen by many as an attempt to cripple the efforts of the Pakatan Rakyat alliance to become the next Federal Government, he said.