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Malaysian police block gathering to mark Anwar's 54th birthday
SUNGAI BULOH, Malaysia, Aug 12 (AFP) - Malaysian police Sunday blocked
supporters of jailed
former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim from gathering outside the prison to
mark his third
birthday spent behind bars.
Scores of policemen, backed by a water cannon truck, stood guard outside
the Sungai Buloh
prison where Anwar -- who turned 54 Friday -- is serving a total 15
years for sodomy and abuse
of power.
Roads leading to the prison, some 40 kilometres (24 miles) outside Kuala
Lumpur, have been
cordoned off since early Sunday and a police helicopter scoured the
area.
Some 200 supporters later gathered by a roadside nearly 10 kilometres
away from the prison,
holding banners and chanting "Reformasi" -- Anwar's rallying cry since
he was sacked and
detained in 1998.
"Happy Birthday Anwar. God bless you, the fight must go on," according
to a banner. They cut a
birthday cake but fled when riot police arrived at the scene.
Anwar's wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, criticised police for the excessive
operation.
"It is an innocuous thing, a birthday, no relation whatsoever to
violence. I think it is a
little overdone," she told reporters after visiting her husband.
Police detained an unidentified man, who is in his 40s, for ignoring
orders to disperse,
district police chief Sheikh Mustafa Sheikh Ahmad was quoted as saying
by Bernama news agency.
Sheikh Mustafa defended the police operation involving some 150
personnels, saying they had to
take action to prevent the illegal gathering.
Wan Azizah, her five daughters and her father earlier saw Anwar for
about 45 minutes but were
only allowed direct contact with him for the last 15 minutes after
earlier speaking with him
through a glass screen.
"My daughter made him a cheesecake. It was a small sort of family
get-together. We sang some
oldies songs, wished him a happy birthday and before that, we had our
prayers," she said.
"He thanked the supporters for risking the high-security just to come
and wish him but he
maintained that the struggle must continue.
"It must go on, must escalate and even though with all the pressure,
restriction and
oppression, we have to maintain and strengthen our resolve and in the
end, we will achieve
success."
She said her husband, who is suffering from a back injury, was in a
wheelchair and wearing a
neck collar and back brace.
He was in a "bit of pain" and side effect from painkillers had caused
swelling on his hands and
feet, she said, adding that he was scheduled to undergo some medical
tests Monday.
Anwar, who was diagnosed with a slipped disc last November and spent
several months in hospital
before being taken back to prison, has insisted that he undergoes spinal
surgery overseas.
But Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said his decision to refuse his
former deputy an
overseas operation is final.
Malaysia's Human Rights Commission has lent support to a long campaign
waged by Anwar's family
and supporters for him to have surgery in Germany.
Anwar, who has become the symbol of opposition to Mahathir, says he was
framed to avert a
political challenge to the premier who has ruled Malaysia for two
decades. The government
denied the allegation.
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