1 July, 2008
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's current troubles have seen an outpouring of support, from the public in Parliament and cyberspace and now, from his former speech writer Munawar Anees who was jailed for sodomy.
In a posting at www.anwaribrahimblog.com, Anwar published an excerpt of the Pakistani scientist's letter to an unnamed relative of the Opposition leader.
"This is a re-enactment of the 1998 comedy. Is it not an insult to the intelligence of Malaysian people? Are these guys still living in a world of fantasy? But I am genuinely concerned about Datuk Anwar's personal safety, may Allah protect him," Munawar wrote.
"I hope Datuk Anwar has taken the news in good stride, I pray for his health; kindly convey my respects and salam to him."
Munawar was jailed for six months in September 1998 together with Anwar's adopted brother Sukma Darmawan as both were convicted of allowing Anwar to sodomise them. Munawar was released and later issued a statutory declaration denying sodomy and related his treatment by Malaysian authorities.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Anwar supporters are expected to congregate at the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) headquarters in Tropicana, Selangor tonight with reports that Anwar might turn up there. Anwar has just left the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur, where he had holed up since Sunday morning after the fresh sodomy allegations.
In a demonstration of technology at work, several foreign correspondents and even Anwar's family have been communicating with the Opposition leader through Blackberry chat, an application in the Blackberry mobile phone for instant messaging.
Other reporters were said to be scrambling for the device which Anwar's wife Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail showed yesterday to display a photograph of the political aide who accused Anwar of sodomy. - The Malaysian Insider
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