WHO will make a better prime minister? Datuk Seri Najib Razak or Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim? Refsa compares both politicians.
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Loh Gwo-Burne (Kelana Jaya)
KELANA JAYA Member of Parliament (MP) Loh Gwo-Burne’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Loh Gwo-BurneConstituency: Kelana JayaParty: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008Government position: None Party position: None Membership in parliamentary caucus or committee: Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus member Blog/website: http://www.kelanajayamp.com/ […]
Nurul Izzah on politics
AGAINST the backdrop of her father’s second sodomy trial, Nurul Izzah Anwar talks about party and national politics as a young politician and a first-time Member of Parliament. In this candid interview with The Fairly Current Show host Fahmi Fadzil, the eldest daughter of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim also talks about the impact […]
Saiful Bukhari: A “real” victim?
AS often is in cases of sexual assault, the accuser in Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy trial has been subjected to much public scrutiny. Media outlets and other Malaysians have combed through so many details of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s private life. These range from details of his family and student life, […]
Will Anwar be ambushed by trial?
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (file pic) DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim has failed in his bid, at the Court of Appeal, to obtain evidence from the public prosecutor about his alleged act of sodomy with a young former aide. Layperson reactions have naturally been cynical, dismissing the judgment as political in nature. Indeed, the Court of […]
Court rejects Anwar’s objection in sodomy case
PUTRAJAYA, 23 Oct 2009: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today failed to prevent the Court of Appeal from hearing the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court’s order for the prosecution to supply documents to him. This follows the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Anwar’s preliminary objection to strike out the prosecution’s appeal. Justice Datuk Hasan Lah, […]
3 Nov for mention of Anwar’s sodomy trial
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Sept 2009: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial was set for re-mention on 3 Nov 2009, after the High Court was told that the prosecution’s appeal against the court order to supply documents to the defence was still pending at the Court of Appeal. Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Nordin Hassan told the […]
Sodomy laws: A British import
Portrait of Henry VIII (public domain, Wiki Commons) TO understand the origins of Malaysia’s sodomy laws, a short trip down British history is required. Henry VIII (1491-1547), the most handsome man in all of Christendom, tried for some years to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn. A spectacular and violent […]
Anwar’s trial: Prosecution gets stay over documents
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 July 2009: The prosecution today succeeded in getting a stay of execution of a High Court order to supply the documents sought by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in his sodomy trial, pending the disposal of its appeal at the Court of Appeal. High Court Judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, in granting […]
Anwar gets documents but not Saiful’s specimen samples
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July 2009: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim succeeded in his bid to obtain documents and evidence on his sodomy case at the High Court here today but failed to get a sample of the specimen taken from the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Justice Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, in allowing Anwar’s application […]
