Amnesty International:Malaysia opposition leader Anwar faces ‘show trial’
29 January 2010
Amnesty International has urged the Malaysian authorities to drop politically motivated criminal charges of sodomy against Anwar Ibrahim, the country’s opposition leader, after he lost an appeal for access to the government’s evidence against him on Friday.
His trial is now set to begin [...]
Read More >>Anwar upbeat despite setback on sex chargesAnwar upbeat despite setback on sex charges
By Kevin Brown in Singapore
Published: December 3 2009 20:05 | Last updated: December 3 2009 20:05
Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader facing a criminal trial for sodomy, says the government has miscalculated if it thinks that jailing him will keep it in power [...]
Read More >>Lim Kit Siang (Kuala Lumpur, 9 February 2009):
“I am shocked and hurt by DAP National Chairman Sdr. Karpal Singh’s statement yesterday.
Malaysians are scandalized that instead of uniting Malaysians to face the worst global economic crisis for eighty years, the Prime Minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak had done the opposite – frittering away further public confidence [...]
Read More >>KUALA LUMPUR, 9 February 2009: The DAP will continue to support Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the opposition leader, its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said.
He said Anwar, the PKR de facto leader, would remain as Pakatan Rakyat leader and as the oppostion leader as agreed to by Pakatan party leaders.
“He will remain, as no single [...]
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