In a Statutory Declaration dated 26 October 1999, Dato' Abdul Murad bin Khalid of Kuala Lumpur has alleged that Aliran and Dr Chandra Muzaffar had received 5 million ringgit from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's ‘Master Account’.

This is a damnable lie and Abdul Murad is a terrible liar for stating this.

Aliran states categorically that we have not received a single sen from Anwar Ibrahim in our entire 22-year existence. We have never sought any financial assistance from Anwar; neither did he offer us such assistance.

When a man tells a damnable lie to tarnish innocent people in an attempt to damage their integrity, he must surely be the scum of the earth.

Such a person would not know what common decency is; he would not understand what morality is all about; he would not appreciate ethical behaviour.

Aliran will be filing defamation proceedings in the next few days against Abdul Murad.