10 REASONS
THE TRIAL OF ANWAR IS A SHAM
THE TRIAL OF ANWAR IBRAHIM IS A SHAM.
HERE ARE TEN REASONS WHY
1. They already tried once in 1998
to frame and convict Anwar
Ibrahim on trumped up charges
under section 377A. The 1998
trial was condemned by people all
around the world for being unfair
and unjust. After spending 6 years
in solitary confinement the
Malaysian courts threw out the
charges against Anwar. In 2008
the same script is being repeated.
2. The Attorney General
behind the current case, Gani
Patail, was involved in the
1998 conspiracy to frame
Anwar Ibrahim. He was
specifically involved in a
conspiracy to fabricate
evidence that was used
against Anwar in court. He is
clearly biased and has a
personal vendetta against
Anwar Ibrahim. He was
present in 1998 when
Anwar Ibrahim was
beaten to near death by
the Inspector General of
the Police while in
custody. He did
nothing to stop the
attack. In fact he was
later involved in efforts
to cover up this criminal
act by producing a false
medical report to
demonstrate that the
injuries sustained by
Anwar Ibrahim were
self-inflicted. Anwar
Ibrahim lodged a police
report against Patail in
July 2008 after obtaining
a sworn statement from
a police man who was
involved in the “black-
eye” investigation.
Despite the
preponderance of
evidence implicating
him in the act, the Anti-
Corruption Commission
dismissed the charges.
3. The person accusing
Anwar Ibrahim met with
Najib Razak, who is now
the Prime Minster, just
days before filing the
police report against
Anwar. Najib at the time
was Deputy Prime
Minister and had the most
to gain from sidelining the
resurgent Anwar Ibrahim
and crippling the
opposition. First Najib
denied meeting the
accuser. A few days later
he admitted he met him
but only to discuss a
scholarship. Then Najib
finally admitted that the
accuser met him to say
that he had been
assaulted by Anwar
People charged under section 377A of the Malaysian Penal Code in history
Number of times those charges leveled against Anwar Ibrahim
Ibrahim. On Najib’s such a discrepancy in prosecution will try to
instructions, the accuser evidence gathering. use DNA evidence to
then met with Rodwan, a convict Anwar Ibrahim.
police officer directly 6. A 2007 Royal They will do this even
involved in the 1998 Commission though three medical
conspiracy against Anwar investigated Malaysia’s doctors concluded no
Ibrahim, one day before judiciary and found sign of sexual assault.
the alleged assault. evidence of rampant
They will also try to
Rodwan was instructed to political interference in
overlook the fact that it
help the accuser file his the appointment of
police report. The took two days after the
judges and the alleged assault for DNA
accuser is a college
adjudication of cases. specimens to reach a
dropout, and his friends
say he hated Anwar In fact it was clear from forensic lab.
Ibrahim since he was the Royal Commission
young. that Anwar Ibrahim’s 9. Government ministers
1998 case was also part have gratuitously
4. Four accredited of a conspiracy to commented on Anwar
doctors including a tamper with the Ibrahim’s case, directly
panel of three doctors judiciary. To date no influencing public opinion
serious action has been and demonstrating bias in
from a Malaysian
taken to reform the the political system
government hospital
system. against Anwar Ibrahim.
examined the accuser Their comments are
and concluded that repeated in the
there was no sign of 7. Anwar Ibrahim’s
lawyers are denied full mainstream media while
sexual assault. The opposing viewpoints are
access to relevant
reports written by these never heard.
discovery before and even
doctors have been
after the start of the trial.
widely circulated in the 10. Anwar Ibrahim is the
The prosecution is
media and presented to withholding evidence from leading opposition
the court. In any other the defense so there is no politician in Malaysia.
jurisdiction the medical chance that the defense The ruling party has
reports would be can prepare its case. This been in power for 52
enough to throw the includes witness consecutive years and
case out. But not so in statements, CCTV has never lost an
Malaysia. recordings, doctors notes, election. Anwar
and DNA samples. Just
Ibrahim led the
5. The person accusing like in 1998, there will be a opposition to historic
Anwar Ibrahim was not trial by ambush. This
gains in the 2008
examined by doctors until violates Malaysian criminal election, capturing 82
two days after he says he procedure codes and
seats in Parliament and
was assaulted. His basic laws of natural
six of Malaysia’s 14
lawyers are now saying justice.
states and territories.
that traces of Anwar
Ibrahim’s DNA were He is the man most
8. Blood samples taken
found on him. But in those likely to hand the ruling
for a medical
two days time anything party its very first ever
examination in 1998
could have happened to defeat in the next
were used to fabricate
plant DNA specimens. No general election. This is
DNA evidence that was
credible forensic the real reason why he
used against Anwar
examination would allow is on trial today.
Ibrahim in court. In the
current case the
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