*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: [beritamalaysia] HKS : PM to be target in Anwar trial Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:15:28 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yap Yok Foo) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Private To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: soc.culture.malaysia, jaring.general, soc.culture.singapore References: 1 , 2 , 3 >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 **************From Uncle Yap************** The Malaysian News & Discussion Group ===================================== Read or subscribe to this group at http://www.eGroups.com/list/beritamalaysia/ To subscribe by e-mail, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe by e-mail, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just The Malaysian News ======================= To subscribe:just send blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Once registered and subscribed, you will get the daily articles about Malaysia delivered to your e-mail box ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the fastest and easiest way to backup your files and, access them from anywhere. Try @backup Free for 30 days. 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