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Subject:
[beritamalaysia] Anwar slams police clampdown to foil weekend
rally
Date:
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 02:22:32 +0800
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http://www.lycos-asia.com/my/asia/malaysia/000418031503.83ai2vc3.html
Malaysia's Anwar slams police clampdown to foil weekend rally
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (AFP) - 11:15 - Jailed Malaysian ex-deputy
premier
Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday condemned a police clampdown over the weekend
to
block a planned mass gathering by his supporters in the city centre.
Anwar also called for the immediate and unconditional release of nearly
50
people detained over the weekend.
"I regret the harsh and violent action by police to foil the peaceful
gathering," Anwar said in a handwritten note given to reporters by his
family members during his ongoing sodomy trial.
He said several people who were not involved in the gathering had been
arrested, while the office of the National Justice Party (Keadilan)
headed
by his wife had been raided.
"Police have used this opportunity to oppress political parties and
activists that criticise the government," he said.
Demanding the detainees be freed, Anwar said the people's right of
speech
had been obliterated by the actions of government leaders who viewed
peaceful gatherings as a threat to public security.
"The police should act professionally and not allow their institution to
be
used as a tool to protect the interest of corrupt and avaricious
leaders,"
he said.
About 50 Anwar supporters, including three Keadilan leaders, were Monday
remanded to assist police in a probe into Saturday's street protests to
mark the first anniversary of his sentencing.
Both Keadilan and rights group SUARAM have called for the release of the
detainees.
SUARAM described them as "victims of arbitrary detention," saying the
remand was equivalent to punishing the detainees without trial.
Police used water cannons and teargas Saturday to disperse protesters in
the city centre. Heavy security foiled plans for a mass rally and a
march
to the palace to submit a memorandum on Anwar's case to the king.
Anwar, sacked by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in September 1998, was
jailed for six years last April for abuse of power and is now on trial
for
sodomy, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in jail.
Anwar, 52, says he is the victim of a high-level conspiracy because he
intended to expose corruption and was seen as a political threat to the
premier.
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