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- Karpal Confident Anwar Will Be Acquitted
- Malaysia’s Anwar Ready For Worst In Sodomy Verdict
- Anwar Ibrahim: Message On Eve Of 901 (January 09)
- Pengawal Peribadi Pengsan, Cubaan Racuni Wan Azizah
- The Anwar Verdict
| Karpal Confident Anwar Will Be Acquitted Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:23 PM PST Despite the verdict in opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial due tomorrow, DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh is confident that the prime minister-in-waiting will be acquitted. "There is no doubt in my mind that tomorrow, Anwar will be acquitted. He is entitled to the acquittal," declared Karpal. The fact that Anwar had testified from the dock instead of the witness stand does not mean the defence cannot secure an acquittal, added Karpal (right). "The solitary witness is Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Look at his evidence, a man who says he was ravished but for two days he did nothing. "The complainant had an affair with the deputy public prosecutor and showed signs of having access to the investigating officer. But the prosecution has not called him to deny the allegation. "These are sufficient for an acquittal," he said at the party's national delegates conference in Shah Alam today. For these reasons, Karpal added, an interim prime minister is not needed because Anwar will helm the country's leadership when Pakatan Rakyat captures federal power. Target: Nine states and Putrajaya Karpal went on to announce DAP's target for the opposition coalition come the general election, vowing to replace the BN federal government. "This time we must at least take power in nine states and take power in Putrajaya… it is no longer a goal beyond achievement," he said. Karpal urged the over 700-strong party delegates to grasp the opportunity of the next general election, warning that there may not be another such chance. Speaking on the sidelines later, Karpal said if Anwar is indeed convicted tomorrow, the defence team will apply for a stay of execution pending appeal. |
| Malaysia’s Anwar Ready For Worst In Sodomy Verdict Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:16 PM PST By The Associated Press SEAN YOONG (Associated Press) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday on the eve of a verdict in his sodomy trial that he is prepared to be imprisoned, but hoped that such an outcome would hurt the ruling coalition in the next national elections. The Kuala Lumpur High Court could sentence Anwar to a maximum of 20 years if it convicts him Monday of sodomizing a young male former aide. Anwar denies the charges. He says Prime Minister Najib Razak’s governing coalition masterminded the trial in an effort to tarnish his image and potentially banish him from politics. Najib denies any conspiracy. “We pray for the best, that justice will prevail, but we’re prepared for the worst,” Anwar told The Associated press. The prosecution’s case in the sodomy trial hinges mainly on testimony by Anwar’s accuser, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, and semen samples found on his body that investigators said matched Anwar’s DNA. Defense lawyers insist Saiful’s testimony contained too many inconsistencies and that the DNA evidence was mishandled and tainted. Anwar, a 64-year-old former deputy prime minister, was convicted in another sodomy case in 2000. He denied claims that he sodomized his family’s ex-driver, and Malaysia’s highest court freed him in 2004 after quashing his conviction and nine-year sentence. Anwar said a conviction in the current case could cause the government to face a backlash in the “court of public opinion in elections” widely expected this year. “Notwithstanding whether I am set free or jailed, the focus should and must be the elections, and the people must decide,” he said. “Make sure you come fully prepared and change the government in the next general elections.” Anwar has been touring various Malaysian states over the past week for rallies to address thousands of supporters, many of whom are expected to demonstrate outside the court when the verdict is announced. Anwar was charged in 2008, several months after the National Front coalition endured its worst electoral results in more than five decades of uninterrupted rule. The opposition now controls slightly more than one-third of Parliament’s seats. It hopes to win power amid persistent public complaints that the government has allowed corruption and racial discrimination to flourish, but the National Front has voiced confidence that its support remains strong in crucial constituencies. |
| Anwar Ibrahim: Message On Eve Of 901 (January 09) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:00 PM PST |
| Pengawal Peribadi Pengsan, Cubaan Racuni Wan Azizah Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:47 AM PST Fayyadh Afiq Albakqry, pengawal peribadi kepada Presiden KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail disyaki disuntik racun dan menyebabkannya pengsan sebelum dikejarkan ke Hospital Seberang Jaya, tengah malam tadi. Fayyad dipercayai diserang menerusi suntikan di telapak tangan kiri sewaktu mengiringi Wan Azizah meredah kesesakan orang ramai ke pentas ceramah di Kampung Cherok Tokkun . Mangsa dikatakan ada meminta ais daripada wartawan PenangDaily, Zainulfaqar kerana tangannya berasa kebas, sebelum pengsan kira-kira 15 minit selepas terkena suntikan itu. “Masa nak masuk sini, dia (Fayyad) dah minta ais sebab tangannya kebas. Masa bawa Kak Wan Azizah keluar tadi, dia dikejar ke hospital,” tulis Zainulfaqar di twitter. Beliau juga memetik sumber dikenali sebagai Zul Saad yang menyatakan Wan Azizah menangis berikutan keadaan Fayyah ketika pengawal peribadi itu belum sedarkan diri. Fayyad adalah pegawal peribadi Ketua Umum KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, yang patah tulang pipi akibat terkena kelongsong gas pemedih mata ketika demonstrasi Bersih 2.0. Semakan melalui akuan blog mikro itu mendapati rakyat yang begitu marahkan kejadian itu, percaya Fayyah bukan sasaran sebenar suntikan racun berkenaan, sebaliknya ia disyaki disasarkan kepada Wan Azizah. Timbalan Ketua Penerangan KEADILAN, Najwan Halimi pula berkata, keadaan Fayyad stabil dan sudah sedarkan diri tetapi tangan kiri sehingga bahu dilapor kebas dan gagal digerakkan. “Doktor sedang membuat ujian darah dan air kencing utk pastikan jenis racun,” katanya melalui twitter selepas menghubungi Wan Azizah tidak lama selepas kejadian. |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2012 07:27 AM PST A chance for Obama to speak up for the rule of law in a Muslim ally. The abuses in question concern Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who on Monday faces a verdict—and potentially years of jail time—on dubious sodomy charges. Mr. Anwar first went through this charade as a deputy prime minister in the late 1990s, when he fell out with then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the Asian financial crisis, was savagely beaten by police and ultimately sentenced to prison on sodomy and corruption charges. Mr. Anwar spent six years in prison. In 2004 the sodomy charges were overturned by the country’s highest court—a year after Mr. Mahathir had left office. Yet Mr. Anwar was again served with sodomy charges four years later, after the ruling UMNO party had lost its two-thirds majority and the opposition seemed close to assembling a parliamentary majority. The current case is even flimsier than the last one. It is based mainly on the word of one accuser who, as it so happened, had met with then-deputy prime minister, now Prime Minister, Najib Razak days before the alleged incident. Doctors at two hospitals could find no evidence of rape in the aftermath of the alleged incident. Nonetheless, political observers anticipate a guilty verdict. This is happening in the context of growing discontent among Malaysians with UMNO’s ruling order, and Mr. Najib’s ambivalent attempts at political reform. But if that’s reminiscent of the unhappiness that presaged the Arab Spring, so too is the don’t-rock-the-boat attitude of the Obama Administration. Malaysia is supposedly a moderate Muslim country and a useful regional counterweight to China, and the President was full of praise for Mr. Najib’s “great leadership” when they last met in November. As for Mr. Anwar, the State Department has publicly offered no more than boilerplate about his case. Perhaps quiet diplomacy is now at work on Mr. Anwar’s behalf, but that kind of diplomacy is fine only as long as it produces results. In the meantime, Malaysian democracy could benefit from a sign that the U.S. is not indifferent to Mr. Anwar’s legal ordeal or to the political system that has allowed it to continue. U.S. interests could benefit as well. “Failure to speak to the broader aspirations of ordinary people will only feed the suspicion that has festered for years that the United States pursues our own interests at their expense,” said Mr. Obama in May. Mr. Anwar’s case gives the President a chance to show that he meant what he said. |
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