PKR leader denies caught for ‘khalwat’

KUALA LUMPUR — Selangor PKR leader Dr Badrulamin Bahron has denied allegations he had been caught for “khalwat” (close proximity) at a hotel in Kuantan yesterday, claiming instead to be a victim of a plan to “trap and embarrass me”. 

The PKR supreme council member explained in a statement last night that he was merely helping a female acquaintance claiming to be a victim of domestic violence at the time when religious officials turned up to arrest him. 

“The statement by the Pahang Islamic Religious Department (JAIP) deputy director that I was detained while committing khalwat carries no truth at all.