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Subject:
[beritamalaysia] HKS : PM to be target in Anwar trial
Date:
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:15:28 GMT
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>From Hong Kong Standard
24th January 2000
PM to be target in Anwar trial
AFTER two months in isolation, jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim will
return to the stand tomorrow in his sex trial, where he's expected to
launch more biting attacks against Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Dr Mahathir sacked Anwar from his post as deputy prime minister in
September 1998, saying his longtime protege was unfit for government.
Anwar was then convicted of corruption and is now serving a six-year
jail term.
In a sordid sex trial that has scandalised this conservative Southeast
Asian nation, Anwar faces 20 additional years if convicted of sodomy,
a crime in Malaysia.
Anwar's lawyers say they will produce witnesses who can provide alibis
to prove that Anwar did not sodomise his former family driver six
years ago, as accused.
Anwar denies all the charges against him, saying they are part of a
political conspiracy to end his challenge to Dr Mahathir's longtime
rule.
Since the sex trial started in June, Anwar has slammed Dr Mahathir and
his former Cabinet colleagues for corruption, gambling and even
involvement in murder.
Anwar often sat in the dock scrawling off-the-cuff statements accusing
top government officials of fabricating the charges against him and
conspiring to ruin him.
But the fusillade stopped when the trial was postponed on 15 November,
after High Court Judge Ariffin Jaka said he needed medical treatment
for a backache.
The trial was postponed only days before Dr Mahathir announced snap
elections. His ruling National Front coalition romped to victory,
clinching its traditional two-thirds majority in Parliament.
Anwar, 53, initially said he wanted to contest the 29 November
election. But he was blocked by a law that barred him because of his
corruption conviction.
His wife, Azizah Ismail, contested and won the seat Anwar held for 16
years. Almost all the other top candidates in the party that
championed Anwar's cause lost by narrow margins.
Since then, more Anwar allies have come under fire.
Last week, courts charged three opposition leaders with sedition and
leaking state secrets, while two others were charged with sedition.
All five were arrested, then released on bail.
Among those being prosecuted is Karpal Singh, a longtime Mahathir
critic and Anwar's main defence attorney. Mr Karpal was charged with
sedition after he alleged during the sodomy trial that ``people in
high places'' had tried to poison his client.
Gobind Singh Deo, Mr Karpal's son and also a member of the defence,
said his father would continue fighting for Anwar, whose ouster and
trials have dominated the political scene in Malaysia for nearly one
and a half years.
``Nobody intimidates us,'' Mr Gobind said. ``We must be assured that
our role in court is free from any kind of interference or threat.''
He described the sedition charge as ``frivolous''.
The defence expects the trial to last two more months. Anwar's lawyers
still want Dr Mahathir to testify as a witness, but many political
observers believe the 74-year-old prime minister will avoid taking the
stand.
The trial has seen a series of interruptions since September, when
Anwar spent several weeks in a hospital for severe headaches and high
blood pressure.
Anwar, who is serving his sentence in a high-security prison outside
the capital, has been allowed family visits once every three weeks for
one-hour intervals.
Defence lawyer Sankaran Nair said Anwar was in good spirits and his
health was improving. - Associated Press
http://online.hkstandard.com
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