The last time Anwar Ibrahim was put on trial, I was tortured and forced to ‘confess’ to sodomy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704722304575036481877471148.html
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
Nearly 12 years ago, I was languishing in a local hospital as a prisoner of conscience. This loss of freedom was due solely to my long-standing personal and professional association with Anwar Ibrahim, then Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Malaysia. We were falsely implicated in a fabricated case of having committed a mutual act of sodomy.
Such an internment, when driven by ulterior motives, brings a brutal deprivation upon the victim. It acts like a double-edged sword. While one’s freedom of movement is taken away by tormentors, one’s conscience suffocates in a dungeon. A poignant grief sets in once there is awareness that both the body and the conscience have fallen victim to the act of tyranny. That is what distinguishes incarceration out of an actual crime from that emanating from the acts of those who prosecute and persecute innocent others. The tormented memory never fades.
My detention by the Malaysian Special Branch taught me how it feels to be forcibly separated from one’s wife and children. How it feels to be searched and seized, disallowed to make phone calls, handcuffed, blindfolded, stripped naked, driven in an animal cage, shaven bald, endlessly interrogated, humiliated, drugged, deprived of sleep, physically abused. What it’s like to be threatened, blackmailed, hectored by police lawyers, brutalized to make a totally false confession, hospitalized for a consequent heart ailment, and treated as a psychiatric patient with symptoms of Stockholm syndrome. Barely surviving on a meager diet of rancid rice and chicken along with 12 medicines a day, I spent nearly 126 days handcuffed round the clock to my hospital bed, under the watchful eyes of the prison guards.
These tragic events completely ruined me and my family. The financial, physical, psychological and social implications of this calamity reverberate even more than a decade after the horrific occurrence. Words fail to describe what my family and I have quietly endured for the last 10 years. In spite of that, our faith in the ultimate victory of justice and truth has not wavered.
For the last 12 years, I have sought nothing but justice. I have repeatedly approached the Malaysian judicial system—the High Court, the Court of Appeals and the Federal Court—in the hope that justice would be duly provided to me. Unfortunately, my latest request for a review at the Federal Court was dismissed. Why does the judicial system shudder at the prospect of hearing my demand for justice? Why am I denied my day in court?
I am innocent. I am innocent of any and all spurious charges brought against me. I committed no crime for which I was tortured and unjustly imprisoned. I want the Malaysian judicial system to wake up to the fact that gross injustice was committed against me. I want them to realize that the injustice is perpetuated the more I continue to be denied my day in the court. My innocence inspires me to persist and persevere in the path of justice, as it is one of the fundamental human rights enshrined in the Constitution of Malaysia. The judicial system in Malaysia must rise to the call of duty and serve justice without any further delay.
Mr. Anees is a writer based in Tucson, Ariz.
Harga sebuah perjuangan dinilai dengan jati-diri. Maka, daya juang mungkin begitu lunak untuk diperkatakan. Tapi, bagi yang menumpuh…tidak ada bahasa yang dapat menggambarkan hati & perasaan seseorang insan.
Payah adalah perkataan yang menggambarkan kesukaran. Tapi, nilai payah belum tentu difahami oleh semua dalam makna ‘rasa’ yang ditanggung oleh yang diuji.
Terpenjara seumpama binatang pun tidak mampu dirasakan oleh yang mendengar. Hanya lukisan perasaan itu jelas dimengerti oleh mereka yang biasa melalui. Rasa terkurung. Mata memandang keluar sedang jasad terhimpit oleh kandang yang merimaskan.
Tingginya nilai pengorbanan itu pun hanya mampu difahami oleh mereka yang melalui jalan yang sama. Jika tidak, tetap mereka merasakan payah itu hanya seumpama ‘mengasah’ sebatang pensil. Tetap mencabar. Kemungkinan terluka. Tapi, payah dalam perjuangan mempertahankan jati-diri tidak semua bisa memahami. Maka, yang sehaluan tetap setia dan rela berbakti. Sedang yang leka, dibuai oleh mimpi.
Najib itu amat lunak dengan mimpinya. Tubuh Partinya dijadikan ’tilam yang empuk’…Tukang kipasnya ramai. Mamak Bendaharanya pula memuji dan memuja ! Maka, tidak mengerti dia akan erti sebuah perjuangan dan kepayahan. Yang mudah baginya : sapa kacau…penjara ! Sapa ganggu, tangkap ! Senang dia ‘nak tido’ !
Jangan harap manusia tak kenal erti payah rela bersusah payah untukmu, Wahai Rakyat Malaysia ! Maka, nilailah ‘pengorbanan’ Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang berkorban diri demi rakyat jelata.
Berbahagialah hidupmu, wahai saudaraku Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Kita pernah melalui “jalan Yang Sama” INSYAALLAH !
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4RAKYAT Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:06 pm
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE, DR SHAM.
TQ
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Fairdinkum,
my heart weeps for you nevertheless the lap dogs who put you through
this will all rot in hell for the next thousand years. For the father
of all crimes in this episode will be burning in hell for another
thousand years.
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Brother Anwar:
We are ready, AGAIN, in “FAC Canada” to see that you “walk free” from the Malaysian Kangeroo Court system that just started this morning.
Yes, “we” are still here, with more INTERNATIONAL backing and support – ready to take-on the “regime of the corrupt BN administration aka UMNO”.
We, Malaysians living in Canada, want to see The Opposition rules Malaysia under your leadership.
Sekian,
FAC International, Canada
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We know he was innocent, nobody believes it since the beginning and this is among the wonders of Mahathirism.
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THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE A COUNTRY FROM DETERIORATING INTO A ‘FULLY GROWN EVIL NATION’, WHERE JUSTICE IS PUT AT THE BACK SEAT,IT IS TIME FOR THE RAKYAT TO BRAVELY ACT!
TIME TO RID OF THIS CORRUPTED GOVT AND ALL THE SUMBAGS IN THE ADMINISTRATION…. PROTECTED BY “KANGAROO COURTS” AND SHAMELESS MONKEY JUDGES!
IF WE FAILED TO ACT, WE FAILED AS GOOD CITIZENS OF THE NATION…WE THEN, DESERVE WHAT WE GOT!!
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macam ni malu la malaysia…
jaga-jaga duta malaysia ke usa si jamaludin najis sedang memainkan peranannya untuk agenda mengada2kan fitnah jahat dan licik… kalau tak kenapa dia dijadikan duta pulak kan…ke amerika pulak tu!
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Salam,
Mendoakan semoga Allah menganugerahi kekuatan dan kesabaran terutmanya kpd DSAI, keluarga dan pejuang2 untuk terus menentang kezaliman yang ada. Daripada kita mati penuh kehinaan, lebih baik kita mati dalam pejuangan bermaruah. Hidup dan mati, pasti akan kita lalui. Apa lagi yang mereka nak adu-domba di atas keluarga ini, yang lepas biar berlalu sebagai satu sejarah hitam yang terpahat di bumi tercinta ini. Apakah mereka mengira rakyat akan mempercayai fitnah kali, lupakan sahajalah. Kita amat bimbang sekali, perbicaraan kali memberi impak yang lebih besar kepada sistem ekonomi negara – masyarakat antarabangsa sedang melihat lakonan ini. Amat malang peristiwa ini berlaku di sebuah negara tercinta, akibat kerakusan kuasa dan tamakkan dunia secubit ini oleh beberapa pemimpin “gila”. Apakah seteruk inikah sistem perundangan dan kehakiman kita? Tak terbayang oleh aku!!! Begitu hina sungguh manusia2 ini, barangkali lebih baik dan mulia hidup kami yang kais pagi makan pagi daripada manusia2 ini. Hina sungguh dunia apatah lagi di akhirat…
Salam pejuangan, sekian.
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Anwar have be humiliated to the extreme….suffered…and near death tortures..before.
And this is repeated again..under sodomy 2.
Anwar will fight on. Malaysians will support him solidly.
Let UMNO do it’s worst.
What matters most..to all Malaysians…is that Anwar be strong and healthy..and do not or must not give up.
People’s Power will free him forever…soon.
Anwar should take Nelson Mendala for inspirations…to stay cool headed…but he must not forgive like Nelson to his enemies.
We need to see few big fishes go to jail for corruptions.
For that…Anwar will be the next PM.
If he does not deliver..14th GE…he and his keDAILan party is finished.
Forewarn is foretold.
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Salam untuk lan utara dan semua sahabat yang dihormati.
Sudah jelas apa yang diperkatakan saudara lan. Sebenarnya kita semua ingin melihat negara kita lebih maju dari dulu, sekarang kita lihat pemimpin-pemimpin melayu sendiri sedang bercakaran sesama sendiri, sebabnya kuasa, wang ringgit, maruah letak ketepi longkang najis.Apakah bangsa-bangsa yang diatas itu tidak sedar bahawa mereka sekarang sedang memakan daging saudara sendiri, ini lah yang dinamakan BINATANG YANG BERTOPENGKAN MANUSIA. Tak cukup lagi kah mereka dengan harta yang sedia ada. Jika benar rancangan ini NAJIB, ROSMAH DAN DIBELAKANG TABIR TUN MAHATHIR DAN KUNCU-KUNCU YANG PERNAH BERSUBAHAT TAHUN 1998 DULU, saya menyeru lah kepada semua, JIKA BENAR RANCANGAN INI BETUL-BETUL HAMPA NAK JATUHKAN MARUAH KELUARGA DATO SERI ANUAR IBRAHIM DENGAN NIAT BUSUK HAMPA MACAM BINATANG TU, MALAM INI HAMPA SEMUA MUHASABAH LAH DIRI HAMPA SEMUA, BALIK LAH KEPANGKAL JALAN, BERBAIK-BAIK LAH SESAMA SAUDARA SEBANGSA DAN SEAGAMA ISLAM (TAK TAHU LAH KUT HAMPA INGAT HAMPA SEMUA BUKAN DARAH MELAYU BERAGAMA ISLAM), KEMBALI LAH, KEMBALI LAH, KEMBALI LAH BERDAMAI. JANGAN LAH NANTI HAMPA MATI, BUMI TAK MAU TERIMA LANGIT PUN TAK MAU TERIMA AKIBAT PERBUATAN HAMPA MENGANIAYA SESAMA ISLAM. Baiki lah balik segala kelemahan yang berlaku, bersatu lah sesama kita demi memajukan negara tercinta ini. Wassalam!
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