Anwar: Tommy Thomas needs to look in the mirror too

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said while he may be open to criticism, Tommy Thomas also needs to look in the mirror as he had made unwise comments during his tenure as the attorney-general as well as in his highly contentious book “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness”.

Anwar was responding to Thomas who had previously said the PKR president should look in the mirror and ask himself why he has yet to become prime minister.

“Thomas should also look in the mirror because when he was carrying out his duties (as attorney-general) and in his book, there are heavy racial elements, elements of insulting the capabilities of civil servants, including those in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).

“That is a problem of over-generalisation. Surely there is someone capable from among the thousands (of civil servants). This is a colonial view that we reject,” Anwar told reporters after attending the International Book Fair at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur yesterday.