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Dr. Mahathir underestimated the network of friendships that Datuk Seri
Anwar has cultivated in Southeast Asia, as well as in North America
and Europe.
Yap Yok Foo wrote:
> >From Asian Wall Street Journal
> 9th June 2000
>
> Column: Mahathir Offends His Friends
> By BARRY WAIN
>
> (Editor's Note: This is an opinion piece from Friday's Asian Wall
> Street Journal. Mr. Wain is a Journal reporter.)
>
> Wan Azizah Ismail, the wife of former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister
> Anwar Ibrahim, got a warm reception when she visited Indonesia last
> month. She was received by President Abdurrahman Wahid and Amien Rais,
> speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. Mr. Rais denounced
> Datuk Seri Anwar's treatment as uncivilized and called on the
> Malaysian government to respect him as a political prisoner rather
> than a common criminal. Predictably, the Malaysians responded by
> describing Mr. Rais's comments as inaccurate and offensive, and by
> saying that he doesn't understand the cardinal principle of the
> Association of Southeast Asian Nations: noninterference in the
> internal affairs of a member country.
>
> The Indonesians were doing no more than confirming indirectly what has
> been apparent for some time: Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir
> Mohamad has violated an unwritten regional code in the treatment of
> fallen political leaders. The proponent of "Asian values" has offended
> his neighbors by repeatedly humiliating Datuk Seri Anwar, once his
> heir apparent. Dr. Mahathir will continue to be treated courteously
> and correctly in Asean capitals while he remains Malaysia's premier,
> but he is unlikely to ever again command respect in his own backyard.
>
> Dr. Mahathir's fall is subtle yet dramatic for a man who long paraded
> as a champion of the Third World and constantly complained about the
> cultural insensitivity of others. It is no secret that Southeast Asia
> has a history of leniency toward those who have lost in power
> struggles. When the Indonesian army in 1965 suppressed an attempted
> coup blamed on the communists, Maj. Gen. Suharto didn't accede to
> student demands for President Sukarno's head. Now that his time has
> passed, Mr. Suharto, who is being investigated for alleged corruption,
> has a public assurance that President Wahid will pardon him if he is
> convicted.
>
> Ferdinand Marcos, who had plundered the Philippines for 20 years, was
> able to go into exile with his wife and family in 1986. Thai military
> officers who tried to overthrow the government in the 1970s and 1980s
> were often pardoned later and allowed back into the armed forces.
> Southeast Asia was frankly aghast when South Korea dealt harshly with
> two former presidents in 1996, sentencing one to death and another to
> 22 1/2 years in jail for mutiny, treason and amassing illegal funds.
>
> As for Datuk Seri Anwar, the manner in which he was ousted in 1998 has
> no parallel, according to political scientist John Funston. The then
> deputy prime minister was dismissed and declared guilty of
> homosexuality and other sexual misdemeanors by Dr. Mahathir before the
> courts had a chance to pass judgment. "No leader before this had ever
> been publicly shamed as Anwar has been, contravening deeply entrenched
> Malay values against such behavior," says Mr. Funston, a senior fellow
> at the Singapore-based Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
>
> The government's indifference to Datuk Seri Anwar's physical safety,
> beginning with his being beaten almost to death in a jail cell,
> aroused sympathy around the world. Even after he was found guilty on
> four counts of corruption last April and sentenced to six years in
> prison, many educated Malaysians condemned the legal process rather
> than him. Although he was hauled back into court to face sodomy
> charges, which are still being heard, the "Anwar factor" had a major
> impact on the general election in November.
>
> While the ruling National Front coalition won easily, Dr. Mahathir's
> United Malays National Organization lost 22 of its 94 parliamentary
> seats, leaving it with fewer seats than the total held by its
> coalition partners. Half the Malay community voted for the opposition,
> in large measure unhappy that Dr. Mahathir had been excessively cruel
> to his ex-deputy. Their feelings were captured in the image of women
> in Kelantan state, carrying photos of a battered Datuk Seri Anwar, and
> weeping.
>
> The backlash against UMNO hasn't persuaded Dr. Mahathir to go any
> easier on Datuk Seri Anwar, or accede to the demands for reform that
> he represents. Presiding over the party's annual assembly last month,
> Dr. Mahathir took time again to attack Datuk Seri Anwar and deny that
> he had been treated unfairly. As one Internet critic saw it, Dr.
> Mahathir was merely "continuing the fine UMNO tradition of
> scandalizing the man in public without him being present to defend
> himself."
>
> Outside the country, the reaction has been much the same -- if more
> subdued, for practical diplomatic reasons -- influenced strongly by
> the circulation of the damming photo of Datuk Seri Anwar and periodic
> evidence that suggests he is being persecuted. A recent report by four
> prestigious international legal associations found "well-founded
> grounds for concern" about the administration of justice in Malaysia
> in cases "of particular interest" to the government. None interests
> the authorities more than that of Datuk Seri Anwar.
>
> Dr. Mahathir underestimated the network of friendships that Datuk Seri
> Anwar has cultivated in Southeast Asia, as well as in North America
> and Europe. He isn't known only as a representative of the new
> generation of regional leaders with a vision for more tolerant,
> pluralistic societies. He also has established contacts deep within
> various communities -- cultural and religious as well as political.
>
> So Philippine President Joseph Estrada could speak of Datuk Seri Anwar
> as "my friend," in objecting to attempts to discredit him. Former
> Indonesian President B.J. Habibie also knows him personally. And it
> should be no surprise that President Wahid, a Muslim cleric, agreed to
> meet Datuk Seri Anwar's wife, since he no doubt respects Datuk Seri
> Anwar's Islamic credentials and shares his ecumenical outlook -- even
> as he cooperates normally with Malaysia.
>
> Dr. Mahathir, age 74 and in office for 19 years, also misunderstood
> the way the region is changing, moving toward more openness, respect
> for human rights and representative government -- if slowly. It is no
> coincidence that the strongest criticism over Datuk Seri Anwar has
> come from countries that have struggled to overcome authoritarianism
> and now have access to the freest flow of information. They are the
> most likely to accept Datuk Seri Anwar's explanation that he is the
> victim of a political conspiracy to prevent him challenging Dr.
> Mahathir for the premiership.
>
> Dr. Mahathir is showing signs of being rattled by his inability to
> control the external environment in the way he tries to keep opponents
> in line at home. For instance, his recent unprovoked attack on
> Australian Prime Minister John Howard included a reference to "his
> favorite politician in Malaysia," no doubt meaning Datuk Seri Anwar.
> But that is a diversionary tactic. Dr. Mahathir's problem is that he
> has crossed the line in the eyes of Southeast Asia.
> http://interactive.wsj.com/
>
>
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