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Malaysia's Anwar says sexual assault claim is 'politics at its worst'

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim speaks during the Singapore Summit in Singapore.

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s prime-minister-in-waiting, denied on Thursday that he had sexually assaulted a former male aide, describing the accusation as “politics at its worst” days before his ruling party’s annual congress.

On Wednesday, a statement issued by Anwar’s former aide, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, accused the former deputy premier of attempting to force him to have sex in September last year.

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