Judge rules that Anwar's sodomy case arguments to be heard in Sessions Court

Sessions Court judge SM Komathy Suppiah ruled against the prosecution's application to transfer Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's second Sodomy trial to the High Court. She will hear arguments regarding the application in the afternoon.

The judge said that the lower court has the jurisdiction to hear the case, regarding the transfer to a higher court, her decision is a significant victory for Anwar's defence team.

Anwar had objected to the application to transfer the case to the High Court because it was made by the Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail, who has been accused by Anwar of evidence tampering in an earlier case.

Anwar, a former Malaysian DPM is charged with sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

The honourable judge has upheld the cause of justice in Malaysia, this is indeed a spark of hope.

Justice, democracy and human rights, which are sorely lacking under the UMNO / BN federal government, are still being kept alive until the new Pakatan Rakyat (Peoples Alliance) federal government comes to power.

UPDATE

The sessions Court will resume on Wednesday, 8th October 2008, at 11:00 when the defence will continue submissions objecting to the transfer of the sodomy case to the High Court.

In gremio legis

In the protection of the law

ABDULLAH TO QUIT SOON?

BY MARCH 2009?

That's in only six months time, but Pakatan Rakyat (PR) may shift him out sooner, if they get a majority is Parliament before then!

Najib is a no-no as PM either, if BN / UMNO hope to survive, they need a truly worthy leader


See news story HERE


THE SOONER THE BETTER!

Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est



Delay and procrastination is hateful

Video of PR Press Conference held at 14:00 hours, Malaysia Time (GMT +8), speaker Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar’s blog is HERE

Shameful third-world detention facilities in Kuala Lumpur

Raja Petra's wife and daughters visited him at the national police HQ in Kuala Lumpur, these are her notes of the visit.


Source HERE where you can see the comments made

Dated 16th September 2008

"My two girls and I managed to see RPK at 11:00am this morning (16 September) at the Bukit Aman Police HQ.

He has been sleeping on a wooden platform without any pillow or bedding. He looked drawn and drained but still alert.

I started informed him that the support he has at home and abroad is keeping us strong and that should be enough for him too to continue to be strong. I also told him that the Pakatan Raykat has the numbers to form the next government and it is just a matter of time that we would soon get him out.

He has lost weight and his sugar level has dived from 8 to 4. I urged him to eat and to drink a lot of water. In fact we brought him his favorites: a 6-pack coke, chocolates, fresh plums, shepherd’s pie and caramel custard. Raja Petra asked us to take them back. He said that those interrogating him would try to use these food items as inducements to get him to co-operate. RPK said he did not want to be beholden to them. They will use favours they grudgingly grant and use these as trade offs.

He complained that the food supplied is such that our two cats will not even eat. But I encouraged him that despite that, he has to eat. He replied that he has no appetite and that most of the time he is tired as they are interrogating him incessantly. They come to his cell (8X8 concrete box without windows) and harass him at all hours of the day and night taking hourly turns having a video camera at all times. One time they brought a prayer mat and the Koran to his cell and just said so you don’t want this and took it away recording all this.

Sometimes they just come to the cell every half hourly to peep into his cell with the loud clicking of the peep hole keeping him awake. They are interrogating him on all his articles and at this stage it is on his articles on Islam. They said he has no right to write about Islam because we (his family) don’t live like Muslims and they were not sure whether we prayed or not as how all good Muslims should.

During our visit a video camera was trained on us all the time that I was with RPK. There were always two officers in the room with us for the whole duration. When an officer came in to tell us that we had 10 minutes left, I took the opportunity to brief him on all the happenings related to his being in the ISA...

Teresa Kok arrested; the reporter arrested and then released after 16 hours; the candlelight vigils at Bukit Aman, Bloghouse and Dewan Sri Penang. I told him that he has made history on the ISA issue that the even the Barison Nasional component partners, Gerakan, MCA, PPP and some Ministers and even Zaid Ibrahim has resigned over the wrongful use of the ISA, about the awesome crowd at Kelana Jaya Stadium last night and about the Free RPK banners around the stadium and how the crowd of about 20,000 chanted ‘bebaskan RPK’ .

I also told him that I was going to the lawyer’s office after our visit to file habeas corpus and to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Press Conference at 2pm on the cross overs.

I informed him that our team of lawyers will be seeing him on Thursday at 11am, but the police called my lawyers in the afternoon and changed the time to 10am tomorrow."

(Emphasis mine)

How shameful that the police detain people in inhuman conditions, is this the Islamic way?


Malaysia certainly is still well and truly a third-world banana-republic, where there is zero respect for human rights, very limited freedom of speech, no freedom of assembly or expression.


Detainees are intimidated, tortured and abused in 21st century Malaysia.

How shameful this is!

When the new government under Pakatan Rakyat takes over, there needs to be urgent legal reforms to do away with such abuses of power.


ABOLISH UNJUST, ARCHAIC AND UNDEMOCRATIC LAWS IN MALAYSIA, INCLUDING THE DRACONIAN ISA.


Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est



Inhumanity is harmful in every age.

MALAYSIA DAY 2008, HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA

Image Source HERE, where you can see more images

Photograph, title & caption by & copyright © 2008 TV SMITH

Anwar Ibrhaim arrived at the mass rally held at the Kelana Jaya Stadium last night to cheers and rapturous applause from an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 supporters who had gathered at the stadium which echoed to chants of 'Reformasi' (‘Reform’) from 19:00 hours.

The turn out was splendid and spontaneous, there was none of the ‘rent-a-crowd’ tactics, usually used by BN, when thousands of folks are 'employed' and bused-in to boost the numbers their events.

All of those attending were sincere and they represented many millions of people across Malaysia who were unable to attend.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told the assembled crowd, that he had the numbers to form a new government and wants to meet with P M Abdullah Badawi to discuss a handover.

Very soon Malaysia will have a new government, of all the people, by all the people and for all the people.

For more information, please check out the excellent post by Desi HERE

Vox populi, vox Dei

The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public opinion is obligatory)

PR MASS RALLY TONIGHT AT KELANA JAYA STADIUM

Pakatan Rakyat (Peoples' Alliance) has announced a mass rally in a show of solidarity for Raja Petra Kamaruddin and DAP MP Teresa Kok now being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and to demand their release.

The police have issued a permit for this rally (under repressive laws in Malaysia all gatherings require a police permit)

The rally will be peaceful, but the organisers and those attending will need to be aware that there may well be agents provocateur mingling in with the crowd, troublemakers from the political and perhaps the religious lunatic fringe, who may try to stir up trouble. It is not too far fetched to postulated that the some agents provocateur may be from groups within the Barisan Nasional, or even the police themselves? Anything is possible!

But let us hope that there will be no trouble makers, and that the rally will proceed in an orderly and peaceful manner.

The rally is being held tonight (Monday 15th September 2008) from 19:00; the eve of Malaysia Day (16th September) which is opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's self imposed deadline to take over the government through defections of MPs from the ruling BN coalition.

Extracts from the Malaysakini website:

The opposition alliance said it expected some 30,000 supporters to gather for the rally in Kelana Jaya stadium on Monday night to call for the release of the two still detained, after the journalist was freed Saturday.

It will be held on the eve of September 16, Anwar's deadline to seize power and also the day in 1963 when Sabah and Sarawak joined together with Malaya to form modern Malaysia.

"We gained independence but Malaysians continue to live under repression. We believe Malaysia Day should symbolise freedom, justice and equality," said PKR information chief Tian Chua.

"The gathering at Kelana Jaya stadium is to express our solidarity for the two people held under the draconian security law and to demand their freedom," he told AFP.

Rights groups have condemned the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for indefinite detention without trial, and the United States summoned Malaysia's top envoy in Washington in protest over the arrests.


A posse ad esse



From possibility to actuality

SHIFT IN MALAYSIAN POLITICS

For an insight into the shift in Malaysian politics, read this new on-line article in the Straits Times of Singapore.

Click HERE


Extract:

"Today, nobody laughs when Datuk Seri Anwar claims he will become prime minister. He appears to be firmly on track to attract enough defectors from the ruling coalition ranks to secure a parliamentary majority and form Malaysia's first opposition-led government since independence in 1957.

Most analysts believe Mr Anwar can pull it off, if not by his self-imposed deadline of Tuesday, then sometime next month."

Malaysia hits the headlines, for all the wrong reasons

Latest news reports from:

BBC UK

‘New dissent arrests in Malaysia’ HERE

Extract:

“But the bigger picture in Malaysia is of a government struggling to stay in power. The opposition won historic levels of support in a general election earlier this year.”

Al-jazeera English

‘Malaysian blogger arrested’ HERE

Extract:

“The arrest comes amid simmering political tensions in Malaysia, with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim saying he plans to unseat the coalition government that has ruled Malaysia for the past half century.”

And in newspapers worldwide, you’ll find most of them HERE or HERE

Anwar Ibrahim’s Press Statement 13.09.2008

In Bahasa Malaysia and English HERE

Extract:

“We ask the government how far it is willing to go to usurp justice and destroy the institutions of good governance in its attempt to drive the Malaysian people against each other?”

Veritas vos liberabit



The truth will set you free

Tan Hoon Cheng has been released

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Sin Chew Daily reporter released.

Penang state police chief Deputy Comm Ayub Yaakub said Ms.Tan Hoon Cheng was sent to her house in Bukit Mertajam at 16.15.

She was released Saturday after a one-day detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

WHY THE HELL WAS SHE ARRESTED UNDER THE ISA IN THE FIRST PLACE?

THE MALAYSIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OBVIOUSLY INEFFECTIVE, DISJOINTED AND UNTRUSTWORTHY; NOW IS THE TIME FOR A CHANGE.

NEXT WEEK WE HOPE TO SEE A NEW PAKATAN RAKYAT (PEOPLES' ALLIANCE) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

The Star on-line story HERE

Overseas Media Reports re Arrests under the ISA

The embattled leader of UMNO / BN, Abdullah Badawi, while struggling to keep afloat, is in fact engineering his own demise. He is slow and surely being deserted by his followers.

UMNO seems to be imploding, whilst the opposition Peoples' Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat) is becoming more united and gaining strength.

Read what some of the foreign media have to say.

BBC UK report re Raja Petra’s arrest under ISA

HERE

Yahoo News UK report is
HERE

Straits Times, Singapore reports

HERE

Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos. Vide et credere

As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends. See and believe

STAY CALM, listen to RPK's wife

Watch this video, and heed the wise words of Marina, RPK's wife.





Please aslo read this blog entry

The Only Way to Abolish ISA:
Crossovers & Supporting the Opposition!
- (Street) Protests & Rallies Will Not!


by Surind HERE


Don' t fall into the wicked UMNO trap

Anwar says-Malaysia’s Federal Government will fall by early next week

Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday 10^th September 2008, that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will topple Malaysia's BN federal government by early next week despite a trip abroad by BN coalition lawmakers which he claims is aimed at thwarting such plans.

See AP story HERE

See BBC story HERE



VICTORY TO THE PEOPLES' ALLIANCE

Communi consilio


By common consent




Consensu omnium


By the agreement of all

ANWAR'S CASE POSTPONED until 24th September 2008

Some positive news.

See story in the Star HERE

6 days to go until 16th September, or 7, 8, 9 or 10 days to go, the actual date is unimportant,
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!

In medio stat virtus




Virtue stands in the middle.
Virtue is in the moderate, not the extreme position.

THE END IS NIGH FOR UMNO / BN

ANWAR IBRAHIM
WILL BE MALAYSIA'S PM SOON

PAKATAN RAKYAT


THE PEOPLES' ALLIANCE


MALAYSIA'S ONLY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

The next week or so will be busy for Anwar Ibrahim, his sodomy trial opens on Wednesday and the political coalition he leads, Pakatan Rakyat is certain to seize control of federal government on, or about, 16^th September 2008.

The hijacking of some BN back-bench MPs to Taiwan, and possible ‘monetary political inducements’ whilst they are there may cause a slight delay, but fear not, sources high in PR have clearly stated that they have the required number of MPs who will definitely defect from BN to PR.

Soon after the BN, enforced compulsory holiday and incentive, tour group return from Taiwan, there will be an announcement from PR that the majority of Malaysians are eagerly awaiting.

“THE END OF THE UNMO / BN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT”

After his landslide victory in Permatang Pauh, enabled his return to Parliament after an absence of a decade, there is no stopping Anwar, the former deputy prime minister in the lead-up to 16^th September 2008.

Now that Joseph Kurup is no longer a BN MP* after his election was declared ‘nul & void`, therefore as of now, BN has only 139 MPs compared with Pakatan Rakyat's 82, so to obtain` a simple majority, PR only needs another 29 MPs.

*[Joseph Kurup is no longer a deputy minister following the Kota Kinabalu High Court’s decision to declare null and void his election as the unopposed winner of the Pensiangan parliamentary seat.

DPM Najib Razak said on Monday, 8^th September 2008, that a deputy minister must come from among members of parliament.]

The maths is simple: Total MPs 222

BN currently (8^th September 2008) has 139 MPs, when BN loses 29 by defections it will be left with only 139-29 = 110 MPs

PR will then have 82 + 29 = 111 MPs

So on, or soon, after '916' (16^th September 2008) Pakatan Rakyat will have control of the federal government of Malaysia.

Vires acquirit eundo

It gains strength by going as it goes

The Press Freedom is Fettered in Malaysia

Like in North Korea, Press Freedom as well as Freedom of Speech, Other Freedoms and Human Rights are Strictly Controlled and Fettered in Malaysia







BN is "CONDEMNED"
DUMP IT, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
IN THE GARBAGE BIN OF HISTORY

The coalition of several race based political parties, which is called Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, is imploding, cracking and breaking up, it now can be considered beyond repair.

Just Say "NO" to UNMO


[UNTRUSTWORTHY NEPOTISTIC MONORACIAL OPPRESSIVE]
FOR THE GOOD OF THE FUTURE OF MALAYSIA
SAY "NO" TO UNMO

The exclusively Malay race-based political party UMNO, which to all intents and purposes , fully controls BN, has shown it's true racist colours in recent times.

Even many Malays, who formely supported UMNO, do not support it any more.

This is twilight zone for UMNO, it is well past its 'Sell by Date' and should be discarded in a sanitary landfill and buried forever.

Malaysia's future can only be bright and successful if the federal government is under the multi-racial Peoples Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat [PR]); the same goes for the state governments too.


Libertas inaestimabilis res est



Liberty is a thing beyond all price



Per angusta in augusta



Through difficulties to greater things

A NEW PR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A NEW MALAYSIA

SAY NO TO RACISM

Racism? NO WAY!

Image source HERE

A FEW INITIAL GOALS

FOR THE NEW

PAKATAN RAKYAT

MALAYSIAN

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

EQUALITY FOR ALL

NO DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND

GENDER EQUALITY

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL

RESPECT FOR ALL

PERSONAL FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

ABOLITION OF ARCHAIC, OPPRESSIVE, SEXIST & DISCRIMINATORY LAWS

ELIMINATION OF BRIBERY & CORRUPTION

UNIVERSAL ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS

REDUCTION IN CRIMES AND LAWLESSNESS

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRULY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

TRANSPARENCY

SINCERITY

EFFICIENT, HONEST & PRUDENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

See "51 Ideas for a Better Malaysia" on the blog 'My Asylum' by Walski HERE

Velle est posse

To be willing is to be able

Jumping off the BN sinking ship, 9 days to go

"Abandon ship!"
Better to risk the shark infested sea, than the sharks within the BN cesspit
The PR lifeboats are waiting

There will be a mass jumping off the derelict BN ship very very soon
Nine days to go

The PR lifeboats are ready; for those who choose to remain on board - Davy Jones awaits

ABANDON THE FAST SINKING BN SHIP!

Thanks to mob 1900 for the poster

Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam



Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now.

Over 40 BN will cross over, 12 days to go before 16th September 2008, Malaysia Day

“Come September 16, we will show who has in fact been dreaming or bragging.”

Sarawak PKR chief Dominique Ng Kim Ho confidently informed a press conference this afternoon in Kuching that Pakatan Rakyat coalition could now count on more that 40 MPs to cross over from Barisan Nasional.



Sciri facias



Make known

ANWAR WILL DISMANTLE THE NEP DISCRIMINATION

Anwar Ibrahim
MP and Malaysian Opposition Leader

The leader of the opposition coalition in Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim, who himself is a Malay, said on Tuesday 2^nd September 2008, that he would, if he comes to power in Malaysia, which is a multi cultural, multi religious and multi ethinic country, dismantle controversial discriminatory policies primarily benefiting the Malays

He said he would do this by replacing the New Economic Policy (NEP), which was initiated in the early 70s, with a new system which would boost the income of all poor Malaysians, irrespective of their race or ethnicity, the majority Malays and other ‘bumiputras’ and the minority Chinese, Indian and other communities would all be on an equal footing.

"We will do everything in our power and disposal to help and assist the poor and the marginalised, which means the vast majority of the Malays and the poor Chinese and the poor Indians, but we do it on a needs basis" Anwar said.

The NEP was launched in 1971, two years after racial riots broke out on 13^th May 1969, it was an effort to try reduce the then wealth disparity between the Chinese, who then controlled most of the business sector and the Malays, who dominated the government (civil service) sector.

However critics of the NEP say it has generally failed and that the prime beneficiaries have been mainly alrerady rich Malay entrepreneurs (political cronies) who have taken full advantage of a vast range of benefits, including discounts on property purchased and very easy access to specially allocated government projects, APs etc.

Anwar promised to abandon the controversial Approved Permit (AP) a scheme for the licensed import of cars, which it is claimed, by many, to have corruptly enriched a small number of well connected Malay entrepreneurs.

"Those talking about Malay dominance would realise that the AP is a classic case where the Malays and the Malay name has been abused, raped and plundered by the few" he told a press conference.

Anwar, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister was sacked and later tried and jailed a decade ago, has vowed to displace the government with the help of defectors from Barisan Nasional component parties by 16^th September 2008.

Anwar has accused embattled PM Abdullah Badawi of ‘spending his way out of trouble’ with a 2009 budget packed with perks and tax cuts, and he said, if he comes to power, he would reduce the projected 2008 budget deficit of 4.8 per cent of GDP.

"I suspect Abdullah feels that his days are numbered, so he spends as much as possible because he knows the next government has got to deal with the debts," he said.

News source HERE

Res firma mitescere nescit

Firm resolve does not know how to weaken