In the dock for sodomy for the second time in his life, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim charged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today with following in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s footsteps to end his political career so the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) can remain in power.
The former deputy prime minister-turned-opposition leader made the accusation in an unsworn statement from the dock this morning when told to enter his defence.
He explained he was opting to testify from the dock, where the prosecution has no recourse under law to cross-examine his statement, because he had no confidence he would be tried fairly, and declared the entire court process “is nothing but a conspiracy by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to send me into political oblivion by attempting once again to put me behind bars”.
“As I have said at the outset, this is not a criminal trial. It is a charade staged by the powers that be to put me out of action in order that they remain in power,” he said, noting that his ex-boss and prime minister from 1981 to 2003, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, had done the same thing in the 1998 Sodomy I trial.
The grandfather, who turned 64 just a few weeks ago, described Dr Mahathir as Machiavellian in turning to all the powers of the state to get him jailed 15 years for offences he insists he did not commit.
The Federal Court overturned Anwar’s sodomy conviction in 2004, after finding contradictions in the prosecution’s case.
“Such was the tyranny and injustice done to me then. And such is the tyranny and injustice being perpetuated today.
“Najib Razak is doing the same thing as his mentor did, which is to employ all means within his power through the media, the police, the Attorney-General and the judiciary in order to subvert the course of justice and to take me out of the political equation,” said Anwar who was sacked from government in 1998.
He noted the second sodomy charge came on the heels of the Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) victories — the three-party opposition pact wrested four states from the BN while managing to keep Kelantan — in the March 2008 general election and once he qualified to contest in elections again, which he did and won in the Permatang Pauh by-election later that same year, ramping up the zeal to put him back in prison.
“Najib seems to think that by destroying my political future, it would also destroy the prospects of Pakatan Rakyat ever coming to power.
“Hence, nothing is spared to ensure that I will be convicted in order that the Umno-led led Barisan government continues to rule,” he said.
Anwar said he believes he has been condemned to jail not for anything he has done but for “my political beliefs and convictions”.
He told trial judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah to his face that the court’s integrity has been completely compromised as the latter had failed to demonstrate that he was neutral in his decisions.
Anwar is charged with sodomising former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan at a condominium in Bukit Damansara here between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 26.
He faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted under section 377B of the Penal Code, but will escape the whipping sentence due to his age.
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Even a murderer also swears he did not know the victim! The Holy Book has been abused by thieves and murderers. For heaven's sake please don't misuse the Holy Books for your selfish ends it is the greatest SIN.
Well everyone has their own conscience. Whether this sodomy truly happened or is fabricated is up to one’s conscience. The truth of this incidence may be hidden in the deepest ocean, or the highest altitude or the deepest part of the earths' crust, or sworn on the holy Quran a million times but the people who really know whether this sodomy did happen or not is Saiful and Anwar. Looking at the whole episode in a pragmatic manner, I refuse to believe that Anwar would have committed this act especially so just after been acquitted of sodomy 1 where he had spent most of his economical and precious lifespan in the cell for more than 6 years.
Who in the right mind would want to commit this unlawful act again and land in the prison? “The pleasure of sodomizing is short lived but the pain and agony of the consequence of the event when revealed is like death nail on one’s forehead for life long”. What are the chances, then? The verdict is, Anwar is innocent beyond doubt and the entire case is pure fabrication by politicians who have vested interest in the frame up.
If you are Saiful who got paid to tell lies, his swearing on the Quran don't hold water. With multiple male DNAs in his anus even the Quran that he touched have been desecrated. He will be heading to hell.
Lots of corrupted BN ministers & their cronies are also willing to swear on the Quran or sell their dignity for personal gains. With lots of siphoned money from the rakyat, one could easily rape, bomb humans or set up anyone in our local court and escape under the UMNO immunity grants. Maybe we should also get Najib & our so called 1st Lady, to swear on the Quran in court or get a lie detector during the trial.
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