I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. Albert Einstein “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . . . Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King Jr. "All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul." "The True Measure Of A Man Is How He Treats Someone Who Can Do Him Absolutely No Good." Samuel Johnson ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: YW Loke <ywloke.m...@gmail.com> To: beritamalay...@yahoogroups.com; bmalay...@yahoogroups.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:53 AM Subject: [beritamalaysia] MC: Who has guilty conscience - Anwar or Dr M http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&; view=item&id=8701:who-is-the-one-with-the-guilty-conscience- anwar-or-mahathir?&Itemid=2 Who is the one with the guilty conscience: Anwar or Mahathir? Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Malaysia Chronicle Wednesday, 09 March 2011 It seems that the Anwar Sodomy Saga never goes away. Dr Mahathir in his latest book has made some serious accusations against him. If Anwar happens to be found innocent, will Anwar seek to ban his book? SO is Anwar really a homosexual, or more appropriate a bisexual? Judging from the heydays, Anwar has always had a controversial life. As a fiery Youth student leader, he has led many protests and demonstrations against the government, as well as at nongovernmental establishments. Together with Ibrahim Ali who thinks the world of him, and refused to leave his side during his incarceration under the ISA, they have made a name for themselves. In his book: 4 women reportedly testified against him, for trying to solicit sex. 2 women had refused while 2 women consented to have sex with him. Somehow, the identities of these women were never divulged, so there is no concrete evidence other than what was penned by Dr M. Ummi Hafilda came into the picture openly accusing him. However The Public turned against her in anger, ostracized and disowned by her parents, Ummi still bears the reputation and stigma of 'perempuan sundal' (loose woman) I think she should get it tightened! She still maintains good relations with the former PM. The book also said: during the Supreme Umno Tribune internal inquiry, accusations of Sodomy levelled against Anwar was not denied, and Anwar continued to keep a silence on that issue. While behind bars, the infamous Black Eye incident by IGP Rahim was seen as Harm to the nation. His picture published worldwide, added sympathy to Annuar's cause. In 1998 he was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister, on the charge of Sodomy and Corruption. Jailed for 6 years, and released after Dr Mahathir resigned and the Sodomy charge dropped. In his book, Dr Mahathir acknowledged some of his past mistakes, but he affirmed that the sacking of Anwar wasn't a mistake. After leading the charge to deny BN a 2/3rds majority, Anwar was again charged later for Sodomy, based on the loose testimony of one Saiful Bukhari, The ongoing trial littered with inconsistencies, and flimsy evidence has been touted in the world media as a sham trial. Today, even as he stands accused of corruption and sodomy, Anwar is still seen as a national hero. I am sure, that when the time comes, no one will have any qualms for Anwar Ibrahim to become the New Premier. Everyone attests to his oratorical skills and the grace he conducts himself in public. He comes across as an intelligent and admirable person. Unlike other politicians, he emanates charisma and confidence. The thought on peoples mind are, whether he will he make a good prime minister, despite his questionable reputation. Even with all the bad press, there is hardly a murmur from the public, and people's respect for him is still at an all time high. At an Umno general assembly, the controversial book: "50 Dalil of why Anwar should not become Prime Minister" was circulated and Ibrahim Ali was among the first of Umno supreme council leaders to support Mahathir in the allegation that Anwar was homosexual. Although a copy was sent by someone to Dr M, the Doctor said that he has not read the book. But till today, it seems his association with Ibrahim is still very close and it looks like Dr M's vendetta against Anwar will continue to his last days. Oddly, not much of the misdeeds on BN has been written, even though at one time he complained of corruption in Umno under Badawi's administration. In his book, he did not see it fit to bring up the misdeeds of UMNO and BN, although as former PM he is an authority on it. Is this not selective persecution? And should the unforeseen happens, that Anwar is found innocent, Pakatan Rakyat manages to take over, and Anwar becomes Premier, it will be a nightmare for both Dr M and Ibrahim Ali. Although I think Dr M's book will be an interesting read, someone has commented he'd rather contribute the RM100 as donation to the needy and handicapped. ____ http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&; view=item&id=8730:is-anwar-ibrahim-homosexual-bi-sexual-or- is-mahathir-lying?&Itemid=2 Is Anwar Ibrahim homosexual, bi-sexual or is Mahathir lying? Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysia Chronicle Wed, 09 Mar 2011 Anwar's sexuality is not the problem and Mahathir knows it. The real scandal is Mahathir's shameful legacy which we are now facing. We have come to a point where racism and religious intolerance is at its worst. Mahathir's tangled web of deceit, corruption and dubious deals with his cronies have brought a once productive country to its knees. Mahathir's word is not to be trusted and his accusation of Anwar is a tissue of lies. In his autobiography, former Prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said that ex-IGP Abdul Rahim Noor disgraced both him (Mahathir) and Malaysia by assaulting Anwar Ibrahim when he was arrested as the deputy prime minister in 1998. Mahathir also wrote that Anwar did not deny accusations of sodomy before being sacked as deputy PM. Mahathir also claimed that he had met four girls who told him they had been propositioned for sex, by Anwar. To hide his despicable misrule, Mahathir needed a scapegoat. That person was Anwar. And so Mahathir dragged the country through a prolonged series of fabrications, sham trials and shoddy investigations, wasting time and resources, when both ruling and opposition parties should be working towards moving this country forwards. If he thought Rahim Noor's assault brought disgrace, it is nothing compared to the dishonor Mahathir wreaked onto Malaysia. For a start, Mahathir can't even decide what Anwar's sexuality is. Mahathir calls Anwar a homosexual. Then he and his puppets - the police and judiciary - force us to go through the sordid details of sodomy, with stained mattresses and semen stained underwear. Even Tracey Emin the celebrated Brit artist with her unkempt, condom and panties strewn bed would have difficulty keeping up. Next, he claims that Anwar has procured four girls for sex and that the girls were paraded like those in the flesh pots of Patpong, for the client to make his selection. So is Mahathir also saying that Anwar is bi-sexual? Mahathir is wrong. We, the rakyat are fed up with his tales. We want to move on. We do not wish to get sucked into his pitiful self-loathing stories. Unfortunately, he and his ilk have to perpetuate this persecution of Anwar so that people like him can maintain their grip on us. We understand that if one of their group falls, they will drag the others down. If Anwar triumphs, they all fall. Prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and the BN administration have supped with the devil -Mahathir. They accepted the loot that Mahathir offered and once they tasted the offerings, they had no choice but to fall in with the masterplan. Mahathir has robbed this country of several hundred billions of dollars. He has cheated the Indian, Chinese, Malay, the Orang Asli and our cousins in East Malaysia. But worse of all, he has robbed each and everyone of us of our dignity. We have no reason to believe that Anwar is homosexual, bisexual or prefers to make out with Martians. We are sorry that he has been dragged through all this and we are disappointed that Najib has continued Mahathir's legacy. Anwar has to clear his name but it is an uphill struggle when the neutrality of the police, the investigators and judiciary are compromised. Why should we believe Mahathir when a decade ago, both he and the then IGP Rahim Noor had the temerity to lie to the nation, first by "assuring" us that Anwar was safe and sound in police custody. Then when Anwar appeared bruised and with a "black eye", these two had the audacity to suggest that Anwar's injuries were self-inflicted. Two people who were implicated along with Anwar, in 1998, recanted their "confessions" because they had been coerced into pleading guilty. Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch expressed doubts about the fairness of the trials which had attracted worldwide condemnation. The first sodomy trial was thrown out. But now Mahathir's protégé, Najib, has decided to continue the façade. If Anwar gets to Putrajaya, Mahathir will be crushed in the scramble as his former supporters try to distance themselves from his past misdeeds. Just imagine the broken spirit of the millions of Malays who put Mahathir on a pedestal and thought he was their saviour. Just imagine what it would do to Umno. That is why Anwar must not triumph. Mahathir's legacy is being put to the test and he wants to stop the real scandal from being exposed. Anwar's sexuality is not important; it is just a smokescreen to hide Mahathir's evil. ____ http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task= view&id=3044&Itemid=178 Score One for Anwar Malaysian court throws out DNA evidence in sodomy case Written by Our Correspondent Tuesday, 08 March 2011 http://www.asiasentinel.com/images/stories/anwar.jpg A Kuala Lumpur High Court Tuesday handed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim a major victory in his long-running sodomy trial by throwing out purported DNA evidence supposedly proving he had sex with former aide Mohamad Saiful Bukhairy Azlan. The DNA evidence is basically the only physical link between the 63-year-old Anwar and Saiful, who accused the former deputy prime minister of raping him in June 2008. "I am grateful for the verdict and this just further supports what I have said, that I am being persecuted unfairly by the authorities in their bid to silence me," Anwar told reporters. On Tuesday, Malaysian Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan was quoted by Agence-France Press as saying the High Court's decision, which comes after a series of failed legal petitions lodged by Anwar, severely undermines the prosecution's case. "From what I've seen and heard I think the charge should fall. They should withdraw the proceedings because as it stands now there is nothing to link Anwar to the DNA evidence which has been produced," Kesavan said. Anwar has been on trial since Feb. 3, 2010 in a case that has been marred by a long series of missteps and questionable rulings that recall his previous conviction for sodomy in 1998. That case has been widely condemned by human rights organizations across the world. The current saga began when a team of 20 commandos swooped down to arrest Anwar on July 16, 2008 outside his home, resulting in a loss of momentum for the three-party Pakatan Rakyat coalition he leads. In 2008 national elections, the opposition broke the ruling Barisan National coalition's two-thirds hold on parliament for the first time since Malaysia gained independence from Great Britain in 1957. The case has now droned on for 13 months, leaving Anwar preoccupied with his defense and largely neutralized politically. The proceedings, which could result in a 20-year prison term for Anwar, now boil down to Saiful's word against the defendant, legal observers say. If Anwar wins the case, which seems possible given the throwing out of the DNA evidence, it would hand the opposition a major victory and likely create the perception for a second time that sex charges were dredged up against Anwar to drive him from politics. However, in a Malaysian courtroom almost anything can happen. In repeated cases over the years, judges have found ways to keep from charging government figures and their cronies and have consistently ruled against opposition figures. Which is what made Judge Zabidin Mohamid Diah's finding so powerful. He ruled that DNA found on three items taken from the jail cell where Anwar was held overnight in 2008 were improperly obtained by law enforcement officials and were therefore not admissible in court. In almost any impartial courtroom, the case probably would have been thrown out long ago. Saiful has acknowledged that he met with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak before the alleged sodomy took place, raising the suspicion that the government engineered the case against Anwar to wreck his political career. In addition to having a well-reported affair with a female member of the prosecution team, who was later dismissed, Saiful also met prior to the rape charge with the policeman who engineered Anwar's arrest in the 1998 case. Anwar was suspended from politics until 2008 because of those charges, which came after he broke with then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. In addition, two doctors who examined Saiful immediately after he complained of the rape said there was no evidence consistent with anal penetration and refused to lodge a complaint. Police later picked up one of the doctors and held him for three days, according to the website Malaysia Today, following his filing of the report that no assault had taken place. When Anwar refused to give a DNA sample, complaining that previous samples used in the 1998 case were tampered with, the Barisan Nasional pushed a bill through the parliament allowing police to collect samples in criminal cases without the consent of the suspect. On Tuesday, the court ruled that the current offence took place before the law was passedand that thus collectng the DNA samples from items in his jail cell was inadmissable. The charges against Anwar also were later modified from forcible sodomy to consensual homosexual sex, which is illegal in Malaysia. Saiful wasn't charged, although presumably he had also consented to homosexual sex. Other inconsistencies abound. Government doctors testified that Saiful had waited two full days after the alleged attack by Anwar to get a medical checkup. However, he claimed to have not defecated or gone to the toilet during the entire two-day period. The government doctors said the semen could remain in the rectum for 72 hours without being spoiled as evidence. They also claimed that semen had been found in Saiful's mouth two days later after an oral examination. Saiful said he hadn't eaten or drunk water during the two-day period. A government chemist testified that three different DNA samples had been discovered in the semen found in Saiful's anal region and clothes. Asked whose semen the samples might have been from, the chemist said no check had been made, since they were only seeking Anwar's DNA. At one point a witness testified that Saiful's own DNA had been found in the upper tract of his rectum, leaving many to puzzle out how it got there. Surveying the legal tangle, Human Rights Watch has urged Malaysia to drop the charges, condemning the case as a "charade of justice." In what may be a related development, somewhat improbably, Monash University's Melbourne campus awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree last Friday to Najib despite the controversy over Malaysia's court system, which has repeatedly been characterized as riddled with political favoritism and corruption. It later transpired that Najib's government had issued RM1.1 million in research grants to academic staff of the Monash campus in Kuala Lumpur. ____ Mini-trial: Judge disallows items as evidence http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158001 Sodomy II: It's not all over yet http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158093 Prosecution will not appeal ruling http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158031 Mission achieved: Anwar dragged through mud http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158094 Sodomy II: Saiful insisted there was penetration, says doctor http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/mobile/malaysia/article/sodomy-ii-saiful- insisted-there-was-penetration-says-doctor/ Sodomy II: There was 'full' penetration, doc told http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158120 ---------------------------------------------------------- The Berita Malaysia / bmalaysia mailing lists ============================================ Read postings, subscribe/unsubscribe or change settings at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beritamalaysia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmalaysia
