Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied taking a contradictory stand on alleged sexual improprieties involving his minister in 1998 and a present member of the administration.<br /><br />In a blog posting, Mahathir alluded to his sacking of Anwar Ibrahim as then deputy prime minister and how the alleged sex videos only emerged afterwards.<br /><br />"There is no contradiction. The action taken in 1998 was not based on the video clip. That came later.<br /><br />"The court had already made its decision. The subsequent videos did not influence the court or anyone else. It did not influence me," claimed Mahathir.<br /><br />However, Mahathir did not provide any details on the alleged videos purportedly linked to Anwar at the time.<br /><br />Mahathir further said the situation then was unlike the current alleged sex scandal videos, which he believes is part of a larger plot to remove Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali.
