From John Berthelsen: Malaysia’s legal pursuit of Anwar Ibrahim is
destroying the country’s reputation
source: Asia Sentinel Consulting
by John Berthelsen
July 21, 2008
It is about time for Malaysia to drop the charade. Attempting to
convict opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of forcible sodomy is an
embarrassment in contrast with the completely ignored and much more
serious allegations linking the deputy prime minister to the execution-
style murder of his reputed former girlfriend.
As has been reported widely, two sworn declarations have been filed
that raise reasonable suspicions that the October 2006 murder of
Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu is tied directly to Deputy Prime
Minister Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor. Yet instead of
this high profile politician being in the dock to explain himself, one
of those who filed a sworn declaration about his actions is about to
go on trial for criminal libel. The other was dragooned into recanting
his statement before he fled the country.
The courts and the legal system have deliberately overlooked
allegations of Najib’s complicity in the Mongolian woman’s murder, and ...