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Subject:
[beritamalaysia] Anwar shouts at judge
Date:
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 05:38:44 +0800
From:
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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/mal4_0413.html
APR 13, 2000
Anwar shouts at judge
The former deputy prime minister's outburst at the judge for being
biased
stuns the court while his lawyer defends his client's action
KUALA LUMPUR -- Anwar Ibrahim created a commotion at his sodomy trial
yesterday by jumping up from his chair in the dock, and shrieking at the
High Court judge for being biased.
The outburst by the 53-year-old former deputy prime minister came after
judge Datuk Arifin Jaka repeatedly interrupted his lawyer who was
arguing
that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad be ordered to testify
in
the sodomy trial.
"I want to know whether you have made a decision or not," Anwar shouted,
his voice cracking, as the judge and defence lawyer Karpal Singh looked
surprised.
Then the judge flew into a rage. "You sit down, or I'll charge you with
contempt."
Anwar, still on his feet, gripping the wooden guard rails of the dock in
the blue-carpeted court room with a high ceiling, refused to obey.
"You charge me with whatever you want. If you have got instructions, say
you have got instructions," he shouted, insinuating that the Malaysian
authorities may have already given orders to the judge not to call Dr
Mahathir as a witness.
This is not the first time Anwar has accused a judge of being biased. He
had done it during his previous trial, which ended one year ago with his
conviction for abuse of power and a six-year jail sentence.
The ongoing trial is to determine whether he sodomised his former family
driver, Azizan Abu Bakar, in 1993.
Anwar denies the charges against him, saying these are part of a plot
scripted by Dr Mahathir and his allies to end his challenge to the Prime
Minister's 18-year reign.
Anwar was fired by Dr Mahathir in September 1998 and arrested soon
after.
His lawyers have tried for the past six months to get the court to
summon
Dr Mahathir as a witness, saying his testimony was crucial because he
had
met and questioned all the primary personalities in the case long before
the matter was brought to court.
In rebuttal, prosecutor Datuk Abdul Gani Patail noted yesterday that Dr
Mahathir would have nothing to contribute.
"The Prime Minister doesn't know exactly what happened," he said.
Anwar's lawyer defended his client's outburst in court.
"Injustice is a painful thing," Mr Karpal told Datuk Arifin. He said it
should have been clear to the court long ago that Dr Mahathir's
testimony
was crucial.
If Dr Mahathir is called into the courtroom, it would be the first
face-to-face encounter between the two politicians since Anwar's
sacking.
-- AP, AFP
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