Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was up to the government to decide on the sodomy allegation against Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“It is a new case. We will see what the police are going to say, what the government will say,” he said after meeting Bosnia and Herzegovina President Dr Haris Silajdzic here today.

He was commenting on a police report lodged by Anwar’s 23-year-old male aide claiming his employer sodomised him on June 26 at a place in the capital.

Anwar denied the allegation and said that it was a complete fabrication.

Meanwhile when asked on the meeting with Silajdzic, the former prime minister smiled and said he was glad meeting an old friend.

Silajdzic is on a five-day visit to Malaysia beginning Saturday to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries.