VIDEO: INTERVIEW WITH BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7514118.stm
VIDEO OF 2PM PRESS CONFERENCE FROM MALAYSIAKINI.TV
NST VIDEO: NAJIB’S REACTION TO ANWAR’S ARREST
AL-JAZEERA: Anwar: Sex Claims are a Vendetta
INT’L HERALD TRIBUNE: “The manner of Anwar’s arrest on Wednesday seemed intended to intimidate and to challenge the opposition as much as to enforce the law.”
BBC: “The sodomy accusations came only weeks after Mr Anwar said he was in a position to launch a challenge to the ruling coalition, with the help of government defectors.”
CNN:”International observers, including the State department, expressed concern about Wednesday’s arrest.
“We believe the detention today of prominent Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim raises serious questions and concerns,” said department spokesman Sean McCormack in a written statement. “We urge Malaysian authorities to resolve this matter in a manner that builds confidence in the impartial rule of law in Malaysia.”
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ASIA SENTINEL: “The intensifying struggle has driven down the stock market and raised concerns that political paralysis will affect the slumping economy.
“The government is paranoid, …”
Looks like the govt has been dealt a ‘black eye’ by the international press and community…
2PM PRESS CONFERENCE:
FULL PRESS STATEMENT ON ANWAR IBRAHIM’S BLOG
At about 12.45 pm, the IO, DSP Jude Pereira called Mr Nair to confirm about our attendance and Mr. Nair confirmed that we would attend that 2pm appointment. We were about to have a quick lunch at my house before proceeding to the IPK. 5 minutes later, we were ambushed by a team of masked and heavily armed police personnel near my house.
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The police, through the IO were adamant that I should be detained and put in the police lock-up overnight, despite them knowing about my physical condition. I had to spend the night sleeping on a cold cement floor, which aggravated my back injury which was due to the beating I received from the then IGP, Tan Sri Rahim Nor on 20th September, 1998.
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I take to task the IGP for this abuse of police power against me through the events I’ve narrated above. It appears that the events of the last few days, the nature of my unwarranted arrest, my overnight incarceration which was actually absolutely unnecessary, were an act of personal vengeance against me in retaliation to the reports I lodged earlier against him, which are now being investigated by the ACA.
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In the course of the trial of the false allegations of sodomy in 1998, DNA evidence was fabricated and used against me. The persons responsible for the fabrication then were the IGP, SAC Rodwan and the AG, are new key players in this investigation.
Until now, I have been denied access to the police report made by the accuser against me.
My accuser is still under police protection and as such, any fabrication is possible if they take my DNA. My decision to refuse a DNA test is taken through advice of my lawyers and DNA experts, both local and overseas.
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2pm MALAYSIAKINI:
Anwar Ibrahim said today he was the victim of a “vendetta”, after being held overnight on sodomy accusations levelled by a young male aide.
Update1130am Malaysiakini:[Anwar's lawyer] Sankara [Nair] said Anwar was complaining of back pain after having to spend the night on the floor last night.
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Anwar is currently resting at home while a horde of reporters, including the foreign media, are waiting outside.
There is also an endless stream of visitors.
At about 10.45am, Wan Azizah and her eldest daughter Nurul Izzah left the house.
“My husband is in pain,” the PKR president told reporters before leaving.Update 1015AM 17 Jul from Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR):
“Anwar is being released and is now undergoing bail process.
He will then proceed to his house in Segambut where he will hold a press conference at 2pm today.”
More updates and possible LIVE WEBCAST of 2pm press confrerence from:ororConfirmed in Malaysiakini: Anwar freed on police bail
Excerpt:Anwar was not charged but will have to report back to the police in a month’s time on Aug 18.…
Updates 930AM 17 Jul M’kini:
Lawyer: Anwar to be released at 1.00pm (Yes, he was held in the lockup overnight…)
Excerpts:
“I received a call from one of the investigation officers and they agreed to grant Anwar police bail,” said [Lawyer] Sankara [Nair] who arrived at the police headquarters at 9am.Police can detain Anwar for 24 hours after which they must apply for a court order that would allow them to remand him for up to 14 days without charge.
Anwar was arrested at about 1pm yesterday and the police have up to 1pm today to either release him or take him to the magistrate to apply for a court order to detain him further.
It is however unclear whether Anwar will be charged today. But a police bail is normally given without the suspect being charged.
The person will then be released from police custody but will have to report back to the police station at a specified date where the police have the option to procure charges.
If Anwar is to be charged today, the police will have to bring him to court.
Check out Vox Populi comments: “Speak up now, or you’ll be next…”‘They needed 15 police cars to arrest Anwar after giving him until 2 pm to turn up. Does anyone else feel we are sliding dangerously into an authoritarian, police state?’VIDEO OF SCENES OUTSIDE IPK YESTERDAY [from Malaysiakini.tv]
Updates 10pm 16/7A candlelight vigil is expected to take place in front of IPK tonight.At 8.50pm according to M’kini, Anwar had been taken to hospital for what it believed to be DNA profile testing. (This was later refuted by police.)According to police, he is NOT being arrested under S.377 [sodomy] but under S.111 – failing to report for questioning.Lawyer Charles Hector had this comment, copied off his e-group:Considering that just yesterday, the police came out and gave a very public press conference (which also was shown on TV) that Anwar will only be arrested if he did not turn up on his own by 2.00pm, the act of arresting him before 2.00pm is very bad.The police have lied not just to Anwar but also to the Malaysian Public – and I am pissed off.Yesterday’s NST:“We are giving him time and space. If he does not turn up by 2pm, we will have to take the necessary action,” [CID chief] Bakri [Zinin] said yesterday without elaborating.Video of Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo’s statement after meeting with Anwar at IPK:PHOTOS TAKEN OUTSIDE IPK, JLN HANG TUAH, KL @ 2.30PM by DeadAlienX:Click to enlarge or view slideshow hereVideo from Malaysiakini c/w statement from PKR’s Badrul Hisham:
BREAKING NEWS 1.23PM – 16 JULY
ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCE IN PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT – DATUK SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM HAS JUST BEEN ARRESTED. THE CHARGE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IS STILL UNKNOWN.
Confirmation from Malaysiakini:
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested by the police just outside his home in Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, at 12.55pm today.The de facto PKR leader was on his way back to his house after being questioned by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) when he was met by a team of police officers.
He was to go the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters for questioning on the sodomy allegations.
[More to follow]
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