Clip surfaces of prosecution witness in Shamsul graft trial making explosive claims against Anwar, Farhash

A new video, believed to be an extract from a secretly recorded conversation at the centre of last year's corruption scandal involving the Prime Minister's Office, has surfaced on social media platforms, containing damning allegations by a woman identified as a proxy to the prime minister's former aide, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.

In the 49-second clip, Sofia Rini Buyong, who has since been named as a key prosecution witness in Shamsul's upcoming corruption trial, makes startling claims against both Anwar Ibrahim and his former political secretary turned multi-millionaire businessman, Farhash Wafa Salvador.

The allegations were made during her meeting with prominent whistleblower Albert Tei, who recorded their conversation without Sofia's knowledge.

The video has also been shared by PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, who demanded a response from the individuals mentioned in the clip.

"This is a very serious matter. I hope the allegation is not true," he said.

When contacted, Tei confirmed to MalaysiaNow that the clip was part of the video he recorded on Nov 21 last year.

Since Nov 25 last year, several clips from the same meeting between Tei and Sofia have been released, in which she agreed with Tei's claim that he had showered Shamsul with RM630,000 worth of gifts and cash.
 
She also named Anwar and MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki as being complicit in a plan to secretly record more than a dozen Sabah ruling politicians admitting to receiving bribes in exchange for mineral licences.

In another instalment of the clip, she was heard saying that it was Anwar who instructed Shamsul to issue a support letter in 2024 recommending six contractors for a government hospital project.

On Nov 25, Shamsul resigned as Anwar's political secretary, on the same day the first clip surfaced. Meanwhile, Sofia has denied everything she was heard agreeing with Tei about in the video.

Three days later, masked MACC officers dramatically arrested Tei after breaking into his home in Puchong.

Tei and Shamsul were later charged with four counts of giving and receiving RM176,829.03 in gratification, while Sofia was named a key witness.

Tei first came to prominence in late 2024 after he released more than a dozen secretly recorded video clips of Sabah ruling politicians admitting to him that they received money in exchange for mineral licences.

Tei claimed Shamsul requested to make the secret recordings. He said he had approached Shamsul, seeking his help to speak to Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor to recover the money paid to several GRS assemblymen.

Tei claimed that while his money was never returned, he had spent almost RM630,000 on Shamsul.