Deputy Federal Territories Minister Edmund Santhara has expressed his gratitude to his former boss Anwar Ibrahim for sacking him on his birthday.<br /><br />"I would like to thank the PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, a good gentleman. He has given me a termination letter, sacking me (from PKR) on my birthday on April 3.<br /><br />"That was a birthday gift. I would like to thank him for that," Santhara said in an interview with Malaysiakini and KiniTV on Thursday.<br /><br />However, party communications director Fahmi Fadzil said PKR did not sack Santhara on his birthday.<br /><br />He instead left the party earlier on Feb 24, added Fahmi.