GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA: A trader lodged a police report against Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for causing alarm in the country after claiming that he has enough MPs to topple the Federal Government.

Wan Abidin Zain, 45, said Anwar's claim on Tuesday alarmed Malaysians to the extent that many were scared to go out or even send their children to school.

"What Anwar is doing now is causing instability in the country.

"The people have given their verdict in the March 8 general election. He should wait for the next general election if he wants to form the Federal Government.

"He is not the country's saviour but instead a traitor," he told reporters after lodging the report at the Patani Road police station here yesterday.