BUTTERWORTH: Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has denied that he or any of his family members had called on the United States for support amid new allegations that he had sodomised his aide.

In a ceramah at the Seberang Jaya exposition grounds here, Anwar challenged his detractors in the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition to show proof that he had contacted the US for support when the allegations surfaced.

"I am prepared to go to court to prove that I did no such thing. I demand an apology from those who do not have the evidence to back their claims.

"Do not resort to such slander and do not demean me," Anwar told an audience of more than 30,000 people.