Yes, the firework is fake but the technology and scientific advancement behind it is real. The glittering performance on the track, pool and anywhere as well as the medals are real.
Some Opening Ceremony fireworks were faked
By Chris Chase Yahoo Sports If you watched the Opening Ceremony on Friday night, chances are you said something like, “no way that’s possible” at least once. It turns out you were right.
London’s Telegraph newspaper reports that some of the fireworks which appeared over Beijing during the television broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremony were actually computer generated. But — hold on — it’s not necessarily as bad as you think.
The faked fireworks were actually set-off at the stadium, but because of potential dangers in filming the display live from a helicopter, viewers at home were shown a pre-recorded, computer-generated shot. It sounds dishonest, but I’m not sure it’s such a terrible thing.
The Opening Ceremony is, at its core, just one big performance. And isn’t it accepted that some things might not be legit at a performance? The final torch bearer wasn’t actually running around the top of the stadium, does the fact that everyone could figure that out make it any less impressive? It might have been unnecessarily deceptive, but the firework-faking isn’t really that big of a deal. But, if I found out that the lighted-drum thing wasn’t on the up and up, then we’ll have problems.
Pada majlis yang bertempat di Kg Seri Gadong / Kg Chi Liung Klang malam 11hb Ogos 2008, sumbangan dalam bentuk makanan telah diagihkan kepada individu yang telah dikenalpasti memiliki kriteria tertentu.
Ketua masyarakat yang turut serta dalam Majlis
Hadhirin dan hadhirat yang datang termasuk kanak-kanak
Majlis di atas telah dianjurkan bersama oleh petugas Jln Yadi Sg Udang dan Telok gadong Kecil.
Kelihatan dari kiri Pn Hjh Zahrah Awang (isteri Pembantu Khas ADUN), En Jamuliddin Ahli Majlis MPK, Imam Surau Miftahul Jannah, Imam Hj Saad(bekas Imam Masjid Telok gadong), Imam Baharuddin (Imam Masjid Nurul Iman) dan Tn Hj Kamaluddin.
ADUN sedang memberi respons kepada pertanyaan penduduk
Sebahagian dari para warga tempatan yang hadhir
Muslimin yang mengajukan soalan
Penyerahan borang keahlian PAS yang diwakili oleh Imam Sirajuddin
Baru-baru ini Ketua Menteri mengumumkan cadangan membina beberapa empangan hidro di Sarawak bagi menampung keperluan eletrik. Persoalannya kenapa terlampau banyak empangan yang diperlukan?Isu Empangan Bakun di bawah pembinaan oleh syarikat Ekran masih belum selesai. Ada agenda lain ke? Hampir seluruh kawasan di Sarawak bergelap Oleh Saibi Gi
BORNEOPOSTONLINE KUCHING: Hampir keseluruhan kawasan di negeri ini yang disambungkan dengan grid utama elektrik bergelap mula jam 6.30 petang semalam.
Ketiadaan elektrik berlaku secara berperingkat-peringkat bermula dari selatan ke bahagian utara negeri, tanpa melibatkan Bintulu di kawasan tengah.
Kuching mula bergelap pada jam 6.15 petang, disusuli Sri Aman 6.30, Sibu 6.40 dan Miri 7.30 malam.
Ketiadaan elektrik di bandar raya ini menyebabkan kelancaran lalu lintas jalan raya terjejas berikutan lampu isyarat tidak berfungsi, begitu juga dengan lampu jalan.
Keadaan kembali normal di beberapa tempat di bandar raya ini kira-kira pada jam 7.40 malam.
Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan ketika dihubungi juga gagal mengesahkan punca kejadian dan tidak menolak kemungkinan sistem grid utama negeri mengalami masalah.
Pegawai bertugas di talian aduan Syarikat Sesco Bhd pada jam 8.30 malam pula berkata, bekalan elektrik terputus mungkin berpunca daripada kabel di Selangau yang terletak di wilayah tengah.
Sepasukan petugas Sesco dihantar ke sana untuk menyiasat dan membaik pulih.
Beliau juga memberitahu beberapa bahagian di Kuching disambungkan dengan bekalan dari stesen jana kuasa di Sejingkat.
Bagaimanapun beliau tidak dapat mengesahkan berapa lama keadaan akan pulih.
Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Kuching ACP Wong Wai Loong yang dihubungi berkata, beliau juga cuba menghubungi Sesco tetapi panggilan tidak dijawab.
Tidak ada kejadian jenayah yang dilaporkan ketika beliau dihubungi.
Manakala Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching pada jam 8.00 malam mengesahkan semua operasi di situ termasuk jadual penerbangan tidak terjejas.
Ketua Jabatan Kardiologi, Hospital Umum Sarawak Dr Sim Kui Hean yang dihubungi pada jam 8.15 malam juga mengesahkan operasi mereka berjalan seperti biasa dengan adanya sumber alternatif.
Kebanyakan kawasan di bandar raya Kuching kembali pulih semula bekalan elek-triknya dari jam 9.35 malam tadi, termasuk pejabat Utusan Borneo di sini.
Baru-baru ini Ketua Menteri mengumumkan cadangan membina beberapa empangan hidro di Sarawak bagi menampung keperluan eletrik. Persoalannya kenapa terlampau banyak empangan yang diperlukan?Isu Empangan Bakun di bawah pembinaan oleh syarikat Ekran masih belum selesai. Ada agenda lain ke? Hampir seluruh kawasan di Sarawak bergelap Oleh Saibi Gi
BORNEOPOSTONLINE KUCHING: Hampir keseluruhan kawasan di negeri ini yang disambungkan dengan grid utama elektrik bergelap mula jam 6.30 petang semalam.
Ketiadaan elektrik berlaku secara berperingkat-peringkat bermula dari selatan ke bahagian utara negeri, tanpa melibatkan Bintulu di kawasan tengah.
Kuching mula bergelap pada jam 6.15 petang, disusuli Sri Aman 6.30, Sibu 6.40 dan Miri 7.30 malam.
Ketiadaan elektrik di bandar raya ini menyebabkan kelancaran lalu lintas jalan raya terjejas berikutan lampu isyarat tidak berfungsi, begitu juga dengan lampu jalan.
Keadaan kembali normal di beberapa tempat di bandar raya ini kira-kira pada jam 7.40 malam.
Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan ketika dihubungi juga gagal mengesahkan punca kejadian dan tidak menolak kemungkinan sistem grid utama negeri mengalami masalah.
Pegawai bertugas di talian aduan Syarikat Sesco Bhd pada jam 8.30 malam pula berkata, bekalan elektrik terputus mungkin berpunca daripada kabel di Selangau yang terletak di wilayah tengah.
Sepasukan petugas Sesco dihantar ke sana untuk menyiasat dan membaik pulih.
Beliau juga memberitahu beberapa bahagian di Kuching disambungkan dengan bekalan dari stesen jana kuasa di Sejingkat.
Bagaimanapun beliau tidak dapat mengesahkan berapa lama keadaan akan pulih.
Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Kuching ACP Wong Wai Loong yang dihubungi berkata, beliau juga cuba menghubungi Sesco tetapi panggilan tidak dijawab.
Tidak ada kejadian jenayah yang dilaporkan ketika beliau dihubungi.
Manakala Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching pada jam 8.00 malam mengesahkan semua operasi di situ termasuk jadual penerbangan tidak terjejas.
Ketua Jabatan Kardiologi, Hospital Umum Sarawak Dr Sim Kui Hean yang dihubungi pada jam 8.15 malam juga mengesahkan operasi mereka berjalan seperti biasa dengan adanya sumber alternatif.
Kebanyakan kawasan di bandar raya Kuching kembali pulih semula bekalan elek-triknya dari jam 9.35 malam tadi, termasuk pejabat Utusan Borneo di sini.
This posting contains three reports as appeared in Bar Council website.
*Bar forum on conversions stopped after one hour *No more such open discussions, says Bar chief •*Forum cut short to avoid tension, says Syed Hamid
Bar forum on conversions stopped after one hour by Alang Bendahara NST
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council public forum on conversion to Islam on its premises here yesterday was stopped after about an hour on the advice of the police.
Police had advised the organiser to do so in view of the danger posed by protesters against the forum participants, Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkarnain Abd Rahman said.
“We have the authority to tell them that (at any event) if there is a threat towards the public.”
Zulkarnain said council members had abided by the police advice.
He said police found two bottles of unknown substances on the steps in front of the building in Leboh Pasar Besar, which were taken away by a bomb disposal unit for examination.
Hundreds of representatives and members of 29 Muslim non-governmental organisations and political parties had gathered in stages in front of the council’s building from 8am.
Some 100 policemen were deployed and Federal Reserve Unit personnel had formed two lines in front of the building entrance to block the crowd.
The crowd carried banners written with words such as “Don’t Challenge Islam” and shouted calls through hailers towards the building, demanding a stop to the forum.
Among the protesters were Peninsular Malay Students Federation vice-president Jais Abdul Kari, Muslim Consumers Association of Mal-aysia complaint officer Imran Yusof, Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub, who is also Kubang Kerian member of parliament, Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam (Pembela) exco member Zulkifli Noordin, who is also Kulim Bandar Baharu MP, and Pekida Malaysia supreme council member Mohd Syahrir Abdul Aziz.
At 9.30am, after a meeting with Zulkarnain, Zulkifli addressed the crowd and told them that the Dang Wangi police chief had got the council to call off the forum at 10am.
Zulkifli and several of the protesting leaders then went into the building and appeared again at 10.30am.
By 10.40am, the crowd had cleared the area, giving a chance to the forum members to leave the building without police escort.
Later, Zulkifli said although he was satisfied that the target to stop the forum was achieved, the protesting leaders would pursue a formal apology from the council.
“We are also issuing it a warning not to hold such a public forum again.”
No more such open discussions, says Bar chief
KUALA LUMPUR: Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said it would hold no more open forums on Muslim conversion after one was cut short by protesters yesterday.
The forum, titled “Conversion to Islam: Article 121(1a) of the Federal Constitution: Subashini and Shamala Revisited”, scheduled for half a day from 9am, lasted for an hour.
Midway through the second session, Ambiga announced that she was submitting to police advice to call off the event.
“Due to security concerns, we have been advised by the police to wrap it up by 10am.”
By then, three women had narrated their experiences including the legal implications of their family members’ conversion to Islam.
In the second session, lawyers Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla, K. Shanmuga and Ravi Nekoo spoke on the legal wrangles in the R. Subashini and S. Shamala cases after their husbands had converted to Islam without their knowledge.
The forum was moderated by Zarizana Abdul Aziz of the Women’s Centre for Change.
Police allowed in three representatives of the demonstrators led by lawyer and Kulim Bandar Baharu member of parliament Zulkifli Noordin of Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
They demanded a stop to the forum on the grounds that it touched on religious sensitivities. Heated words were exchanged between some members of the floor and the trio before police cooled the situation.
Before closing the forum, Ambiga said it was never the council’s intention to upset any party.
“We have no issue or quarrel with anyone who has a different point of view.
“We respect everybody’s views in this building and that is what the Bar Council is about.”
She later said the organisers had expected the representatives to engage in discussions when they were allowed in.
“Instead, they turned emotional and we are disappointed.”
There were no plans for another forum in the future, she said.
“Even if we do have one, we would prefer to hold it behind closed doors.”
Over the previous two days, political leaders from both government and opposition had cautioned the council that an open discussion of such a sensitive subject would spark a backlash.
The council ignored the warnings and proceeded with the forum.
Forum cut short to avoid tension, says Syed Hamid
KOTA TINGGI: The forum by the Bar Council in the federal capital was ended early yesterday to avoid tension and prevent the situation from getting out of control, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
“We didn’t want the anger to lead to any untoward incident,” he said in a Bernama report.
Police did well in controlling the situation, he said.
Syed Hamid said he hoped the council got the message that “there are certain things that are out of bounds for public discussion, even if held in a private place”.
He said cases involving the conversion of a person to Islam could be referred to the courts for resolution.
In Ipoh, Gerakan national legal bureau chairman Datuk Chang Ko Youn said the forum should have been allowed to go on.
“There are many ancillary issues arising out of the provisions of Article 121(1a) and these must be resolved fast. I believe the forum, if it was allowed to go to its full length, could have found solutions to some of the issues.”
Chang, who is also Gerakan vice-president, said the council should not be accused of fanning religious or racial sentiments or being disrespectful to Muslims for organising the forum.
A broad spectrum of Muslim opinion have opposed what they consider to be a public questioning of the status of Islam in the country.
This posting contains three reports as appeared in Bar Council website.
*Bar forum on conversions stopped after one hour *No more such open discussions, says Bar chief •*Forum cut short to avoid tension, says Syed Hamid
Bar forum on conversions stopped after one hour by Alang Bendahara NST
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council public forum on conversion to Islam on its premises here yesterday was stopped after about an hour on the advice of the police.
Police had advised the organiser to do so in view of the danger posed by protesters against the forum participants, Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkarnain Abd Rahman said.
“We have the authority to tell them that (at any event) if there is a threat towards the public.”
Zulkarnain said council members had abided by the police advice.
He said police found two bottles of unknown substances on the steps in front of the building in Leboh Pasar Besar, which were taken away by a bomb disposal unit for examination.
Hundreds of representatives and members of 29 Muslim non-governmental organisations and political parties had gathered in stages in front of the council’s building from 8am.
Some 100 policemen were deployed and Federal Reserve Unit personnel had formed two lines in front of the building entrance to block the crowd.
The crowd carried banners written with words such as “Don’t Challenge Islam” and shouted calls through hailers towards the building, demanding a stop to the forum.
Among the protesters were Peninsular Malay Students Federation vice-president Jais Abdul Kari, Muslim Consumers Association of Mal-aysia complaint officer Imran Yusof, Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub, who is also Kubang Kerian member of parliament, Muslim Organisations in Defence of Islam (Pembela) exco member Zulkifli Noordin, who is also Kulim Bandar Baharu MP, and Pekida Malaysia supreme council member Mohd Syahrir Abdul Aziz.
At 9.30am, after a meeting with Zulkarnain, Zulkifli addressed the crowd and told them that the Dang Wangi police chief had got the council to call off the forum at 10am.
Zulkifli and several of the protesting leaders then went into the building and appeared again at 10.30am.
By 10.40am, the crowd had cleared the area, giving a chance to the forum members to leave the building without police escort.
Later, Zulkifli said although he was satisfied that the target to stop the forum was achieved, the protesting leaders would pursue a formal apology from the council.
“We are also issuing it a warning not to hold such a public forum again.”
No more such open discussions, says Bar chief
KUALA LUMPUR: Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said it would hold no more open forums on Muslim conversion after one was cut short by protesters yesterday.
The forum, titled “Conversion to Islam: Article 121(1a) of the Federal Constitution: Subashini and Shamala Revisited”, scheduled for half a day from 9am, lasted for an hour.
Midway through the second session, Ambiga announced that she was submitting to police advice to call off the event.
“Due to security concerns, we have been advised by the police to wrap it up by 10am.”
By then, three women had narrated their experiences including the legal implications of their family members’ conversion to Islam.
In the second session, lawyers Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla, K. Shanmuga and Ravi Nekoo spoke on the legal wrangles in the R. Subashini and S. Shamala cases after their husbands had converted to Islam without their knowledge.
The forum was moderated by Zarizana Abdul Aziz of the Women’s Centre for Change.
Police allowed in three representatives of the demonstrators led by lawyer and Kulim Bandar Baharu member of parliament Zulkifli Noordin of Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
They demanded a stop to the forum on the grounds that it touched on religious sensitivities. Heated words were exchanged between some members of the floor and the trio before police cooled the situation.
Before closing the forum, Ambiga said it was never the council’s intention to upset any party.
“We have no issue or quarrel with anyone who has a different point of view.
“We respect everybody’s views in this building and that is what the Bar Council is about.”
She later said the organisers had expected the representatives to engage in discussions when they were allowed in.
“Instead, they turned emotional and we are disappointed.”
There were no plans for another forum in the future, she said.
“Even if we do have one, we would prefer to hold it behind closed doors.”
Over the previous two days, political leaders from both government and opposition had cautioned the council that an open discussion of such a sensitive subject would spark a backlash.
The council ignored the warnings and proceeded with the forum.
Forum cut short to avoid tension, says Syed Hamid
KOTA TINGGI: The forum by the Bar Council in the federal capital was ended early yesterday to avoid tension and prevent the situation from getting out of control, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
“We didn’t want the anger to lead to any untoward incident,” he said in a Bernama report.
Police did well in controlling the situation, he said.
Syed Hamid said he hoped the council got the message that “there are certain things that are out of bounds for public discussion, even if held in a private place”.
He said cases involving the conversion of a person to Islam could be referred to the courts for resolution.
In Ipoh, Gerakan national legal bureau chairman Datuk Chang Ko Youn said the forum should have been allowed to go on.
“There are many ancillary issues arising out of the provisions of Article 121(1a) and these must be resolved fast. I believe the forum, if it was allowed to go to its full length, could have found solutions to some of the issues.”
Chang, who is also Gerakan vice-president, said the council should not be accused of fanning religious or racial sentiments or being disrespectful to Muslims for organising the forum.
A broad spectrum of Muslim opinion have opposed what they consider to be a public questioning of the status of Islam in the country.
Satu lagi cerita tentang janji manis UMNO/BN bila tersepit. Beberapa minggu lepas, Dr Khir Toyo, diikuti oleh Tajol Rosli telah disebut sebagai berkata bahawa pakatan UNMO-PAS menjanjikan jawatan penting untuk PAS dalam kerajaan negeri. Kini Adnan Yaakob dari Pahang pula dilaporkan membuat pengakuan yang sama. Mari sama-sama kita nilai kebenaran berita di atas.
ADNAN DENIES PROMISE OF DEPUTY MENTERI BESAR’S POST TO PAS
Bernama – Monday, August 11
KUANTAN, Aug 10 (Bernama) — The Pahang menteri besar has dismissed as a lie, a statement by Pas commissioner Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man that the state government had promised to give the deputy menteri besar’s post to two Pas state assemblymen.
Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob said his original statement on the Pahang Barisan Nasional’s (BN) willingness to offer the post based on BN and Pas collaboration, was twisted by Tuan Ibrahim.
“I said that in a negotiation context beween Umno and Pas’ supreme leaders, Pahang is willing to give the seat of state assembly, executive councillor or deputy menteri besar…not promise,” he told reporters after officiating a biotechnology symposium at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang here today.
He was commenting on Tuan Ibrahim’s recent statement claiming that Pas state assemblymen Syed Hamid Syed Mohamed (Kuala Semantan) and Syed Mohammed Tuan Lonnik (Beserah) had been offered the post but chose to reject it.
Satu lagi cerita tentang janji manis UMNO/BN bila tersepit. Beberapa minggu lepas, Dr Khir Toyo, diikuti oleh Tajol Rosli telah disebut sebagai berkata bahawa pakatan UNMO-PAS menjanjikan jawatan penting untuk PAS dalam kerajaan negeri. Kini Adnan Yaakob dari Pahang pula dilaporkan membuat pengakuan yang sama. Mari sama-sama kita nilai kebenaran berita di atas.
ADNAN DENIES PROMISE OF DEPUTY MENTERI BESAR’S POST TO PAS
Bernama – Monday, August 11
KUANTAN, Aug 10 (Bernama) — The Pahang menteri besar has dismissed as a lie, a statement by Pas commissioner Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man that the state government had promised to give the deputy menteri besar’s post to two Pas state assemblymen.
Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob said his original statement on the Pahang Barisan Nasional’s (BN) willingness to offer the post based on BN and Pas collaboration, was twisted by Tuan Ibrahim.
“I said that in a negotiation context beween Umno and Pas’ supreme leaders, Pahang is willing to give the seat of state assembly, executive councillor or deputy menteri besar…not promise,” he told reporters after officiating a biotechnology symposium at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang here today.
He was commenting on Tuan Ibrahim’s recent statement claiming that Pas state assemblymen Syed Hamid Syed Mohamed (Kuala Semantan) and Syed Mohammed Tuan Lonnik (Beserah) had been offered the post but chose to reject it.
This reports is from the Financial Times dated 7th August 2008 describing DSAI sodomy’s charge. (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a03116e-6484-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html) To defend Anwar is to defend Malaysian democracy
By Sandra Day O’Connor and Abdurrahman Wahid (Pak Gusdur)
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is a former justice of the US Supreme Court and Abdurrahman Wahid is former president of Indonesia
Published: August 7 2008 19:30 | Last updated: August 7 2008 19:30
We know Anwar Ibrahim well and have the highest regard for him. For that reason, we are very concerned about recent developments in Malaysia that seem aimed at defaming him and threatening him with imprisonment in a manner reminiscent of the campaign to defame him in 1998.
The power to prosecute is one of the most awesome powers of the state. Without proper checks and balances it can easily be abused by those in power to humiliate and discredit innocent people. Even when the injustice is corrected, its victims are often left with their reputations permanently damaged. In Malaysia, the power to prosecute is being used to try to discredit Mr Anwar, the remarkable leader of the opposition, victim of a similar attack 10 years ago. If this effort were to succeed it would be a tragedy for Mr Anwar personally, for the people of Malaysia and for the world.
In 1974 Mr Anwar was jailed for 20 months, under Malaysia’s notorious internal security act, for leading demonstrations against rural poverty. Invited later to join the government, he rose to become Malaysia’s finance minister in 1991. His performance was recognised internationally. As deputy prime minister he was admired for his commitment to accountability and good governance. Many Malaysians wanted him to replace Mahathir Mohamad, the aging prime minister.
Poised to lead the nation towards greater transparency and the rule of law, his agenda for reform was clearly perceived as a threat by some. In 1998, as he was on the brink of succeeding Mr Mahathir, he was unjustly accused of sodomy and corruption, beaten in jail and convicted in a trial that was marked by coerced testimony, fabricated evidence and serious lapses in judicial integrity. He spent six years in solitary confinement before being released, in part through the wisdom of Mahathir’s successor as prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Since then Mr Anwar has made a remarkable political comeback, thanks in no small measure to his wife, Wan Azizah, who led his party while he was banned from political activity and took it to success in Malaysia’s elections in March. With the ban on Mr Anwar lifted from April 14, it looked as if he had a chance to mount a serious challenge to the government and possibly emerge as the next prime minister. Last Thursday, Wan Azizah resigned her seat and Mr Anwar announced that he would run to fill it.
However, his enemies are fighting back, filing new sodomy charges . We find it impossible to believe these charges. We know Anwar as a man of integrity. We appreciate the way he has spoken on behalf of freedom, democracy and human rights. The charges are inconsistent with everything we know about his character.
At the same time, there are plausible motives for some to manufacture a false case against him. Mr Anwar last year brought evidence to a royal commission that enabled it to conclude that there had been improper influence exerted on judicial appointments. More recently he announced that he had evidence against the current attorney-general and the current inspector-general of police for the perversion of justice in his own prosecution in 1998-99. A few days ago it was disclosed that the doctor who first examined the alleged victim found no physical evidence to support the most recent accusation.
The Malaysian authorities need to recognise that there is no way that continued pursuit of these charges can be viewed as credible, given the history of prosecutorial abuse and manipulation of evidence in the earlier proceeding against Anwar. His political future should be decided at the polls, not through some suspect prosecutorial proceeding.
We are deeply concerned that the safety, freedom and reputation of an important leader in the Muslim world are at risk. So, too, is the integrity of Malaysia’s judicial system and along with it the credibility of the government in general. The future of Malaysia as an example of success for the developing world and for the entire Muslim world may be at stake.
We hope Mr Abdullah, who showed wisdom earlier in facilitating Anwar’s release from prison, will manage to drop the charges against Mr Anwar and in so doing serve the interests of justice for the people of Malaysia and for all the people of the world.
This reports is from the Financial Times dated 7th August 2008 describing DSAI sodomy’s charge. (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a03116e-6484-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html) To defend Anwar is to defend Malaysian democracy
By Sandra Day O’Connor and Abdurrahman Wahid (Pak Gusdur)
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is a former justice of the US Supreme Court and Abdurrahman Wahid is former president of Indonesia
Published: August 7 2008 19:30 | Last updated: August 7 2008 19:30
We know Anwar Ibrahim well and have the highest regard for him. For that reason, we are very concerned about recent developments in Malaysia that seem aimed at defaming him and threatening him with imprisonment in a manner reminiscent of the campaign to defame him in 1998.
The power to prosecute is one of the most awesome powers of the state. Without proper checks and balances it can easily be abused by those in power to humiliate and discredit innocent people. Even when the injustice is corrected, its victims are often left with their reputations permanently damaged. In Malaysia, the power to prosecute is being used to try to discredit Mr Anwar, the remarkable leader of the opposition, victim of a similar attack 10 years ago. If this effort were to succeed it would be a tragedy for Mr Anwar personally, for the people of Malaysia and for the world.
In 1974 Mr Anwar was jailed for 20 months, under Malaysia’s notorious internal security act, for leading demonstrations against rural poverty. Invited later to join the government, he rose to become Malaysia’s finance minister in 1991. His performance was recognised internationally. As deputy prime minister he was admired for his commitment to accountability and good governance. Many Malaysians wanted him to replace Mahathir Mohamad, the aging prime minister.
Poised to lead the nation towards greater transparency and the rule of law, his agenda for reform was clearly perceived as a threat by some. In 1998, as he was on the brink of succeeding Mr Mahathir, he was unjustly accused of sodomy and corruption, beaten in jail and convicted in a trial that was marked by coerced testimony, fabricated evidence and serious lapses in judicial integrity. He spent six years in solitary confinement before being released, in part through the wisdom of Mahathir’s successor as prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Since then Mr Anwar has made a remarkable political comeback, thanks in no small measure to his wife, Wan Azizah, who led his party while he was banned from political activity and took it to success in Malaysia’s elections in March. With the ban on Mr Anwar lifted from April 14, it looked as if he had a chance to mount a serious challenge to the government and possibly emerge as the next prime minister. Last Thursday, Wan Azizah resigned her seat and Mr Anwar announced that he would run to fill it.
However, his enemies are fighting back, filing new sodomy charges . We find it impossible to believe these charges. We know Anwar as a man of integrity. We appreciate the way he has spoken on behalf of freedom, democracy and human rights. The charges are inconsistent with everything we know about his character.
At the same time, there are plausible motives for some to manufacture a false case against him. Mr Anwar last year brought evidence to a royal commission that enabled it to conclude that there had been improper influence exerted on judicial appointments. More recently he announced that he had evidence against the current attorney-general and the current inspector-general of police for the perversion of justice in his own prosecution in 1998-99. A few days ago it was disclosed that the doctor who first examined the alleged victim found no physical evidence to support the most recent accusation.
The Malaysian authorities need to recognise that there is no way that continued pursuit of these charges can be viewed as credible, given the history of prosecutorial abuse and manipulation of evidence in the earlier proceeding against Anwar. His political future should be decided at the polls, not through some suspect prosecutorial proceeding.
We are deeply concerned that the safety, freedom and reputation of an important leader in the Muslim world are at risk. So, too, is the integrity of Malaysia’s judicial system and along with it the credibility of the government in general. The future of Malaysia as an example of success for the developing world and for the entire Muslim world may be at stake.
We hope Mr Abdullah, who showed wisdom earlier in facilitating Anwar’s release from prison, will manage to drop the charges against Mr Anwar and in so doing serve the interests of justice for the people of Malaysia and for all the people of the world.
Sebuah Kem Motivasi Khusus untuk Belia kaum India telah dianjurkan oleh Kementerian Belia dan Sukan Malaysia dengan kerjasama persatuan Belia Tamil Batang Berjuntai Kuala Selangor pada 10hb Ogos 2008 dan pihak penganjur telah sudi menjemput Exco Pendidikan Selangor untuk merasmikan majlis berkenaan.
Para Pelajar yang menyertai kem
Pihak Urusetia, Penganjur dan Exco bergambar di akhir program
Sebuah Kem Motivasi Khusus untuk Belia kaum India telah dianjurkan oleh Kementerian Belia dan Sukan Malaysia dengan kerjasama persatuan Belia Tamil Batang Berjuntai Kuala Selangor pada 10hb Ogos 2008 dan pihak penganjur telah sudi menjemput Exco Pendidikan Selangor untuk merasmikan majlis berkenaan.
Para Pelajar yang menyertai kem
Pihak Urusetia, Penganjur dan Exco bergambar di akhir program
Pendidikan:
Elizabeth Matriculation College, Hobart, Tasmania
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Bachelor Of Medicine, Bachelor Of Surgery (Tas. Aust.)
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