Still edgy from the traumatic experience two days ago when her home was turned into a 'panic room' by a parang-wielding man, Keadilan president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today said the level of harassment against her has increased over the past few months yet the police had not provided adequate security.

"I fear for the safety of my children and myself and I think this (attack) is an attempt to intimidate me and stop me from going around the country to perform my duties as an opposition member," Wan Azizah told reporters at her house today.

There had been other episodes of harassment before Monday's incident in which an intruder broke into her house in Bukit Damansara and went on a rampage.

"On May 25, the guardhouse near the gate was vandalised, leaving the glass panes and windows all broken up and a police report was lodged. However, we have yet to hear of anything," she said.

Tree branches and pots have also been thrown into her compound, denting her car.

According to Wan Azizah, her eldest child Nurul Izzah was also being harassed after media reports last month that she was being tipped to contest in the Lembah Pantai constituency in Kuala Lumpur for the next general election.

"She was receiving phone calls from this woman with a very deep voice, threatening her [not to get involved]," Wan Azizah said.

She said friends and supporters will be helping to beef up security around her house.

In Monday's attack, the intruder destroyed the patio glass door, a television set and a showcase in the living room worth RM30,000.

Wan Azizah and her four children were in the house then and had barricaded themselves in one of the rooms. The man had tried in vain to break into the room that the five were hiding in.

It is learnt that neighbours alerted the police and the man was detained half an hour later. The intruder was later arrested by the police and is being remanded for seven days.

'Charge suspect first'

This was the second time the man had broken into the politician's house. Though a police report was lodged two weeks ago, nothing was done and the intruder had been loitering around since then.

To the police suggestion that the intruder could be insane, Wan Azizah remarked, "It is not for the police to say that he is insane. He should be charged first."

Her husband, jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, conveyed his apprehension over the attack on his family through his legal counsel Sankara Nair in a press conference yesterday.

"As citizens, must we be continuously subjected to threats and extortion of this nature? I am naturally deeply concerned regarding the safety and security of [my wife] Azizah and the children," Anwar said.