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28 July 2010

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Dari Sinar Harian

Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengingatkan pihak tertentu termasuk golongan ulama ikhlas menyatakan tujuan sebenar memastikan kerjasama antara Pas dan UMNO.

Katanya, beliau mengakui perpaduan itu penting namun ia hendaklah mempunyai menggunakan pendekatan yang betul dan tujuan ia mahu direalisasikan.

“Perpaduan itu adalah satu tuntutan. kalau betul mana-mana pihak mahukan perpaduan, mesti mulakan dengan premis yang betul. Jika ditanya apakah akan ada menentang kalau orang Islam dan Melayu bersatu? Tiada orang akan menentang dan saya pun kata bagus. Namun, bersatu untuk apa? Bersatu itu adalah untuk menegakkan sesuatu dengan lebih baik, bukan bersatu kerana diancam,” katanya ketika sesi dialog bersama pengarang dan wartawan Sinar Harian sempena kunjungannya ke Kumpulan Media Karangkraf Sdn Bhd, semalam. (more…)

28 July 2010

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From AFP

In a sensational twist in Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial, a prosecutor has been dropped after being accused of having an affair with the star witness.

Defence lawyers said the surprise move bolstered its claim that Anwar, a former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed on separate sex and corruption counts a decade ago, is the victim of a political conspiracy.

The prosecution said it was dropping Farah Azlina Latif from its team in the ongoing trial, following claims she was romantically involved with Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 25, who has accused Anwar of sodomising him.

“This can be very difficult for us but any personal matter, if it can have any implication in whatever form… will be handled very seriously,” attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail told state media late Tuesday.

“This move is also to ensure that the smooth running of the case is not affected,” the government’s top lawyer said, without specifying whether or not the claims were true.

An official at the attorney-general’s office confirmed his comments to AFP, and said that Farah Azlina would also be transferred to another department.

The defence said it had sought an official explanation from the prosecution after a leading Malaysian political blogger said on his website that the lawyer was in a sexual relationship with Saiful, who has a fiancee.

“The implications are serious,” Anwar’s lawyer Sankara Nair told AFP Wednesday.

“There is a perception that Saiful could have been given access to confidential information of the trial and that would compromise the integrity of the prosecution,” he said.

Sankara said the development strengthened claims that there was a conspiracy against Anwar, after Saiful testified that he met with high-profile individuals including Prime Minister Najib Razak before lodging his complaint.

The attorney-general however said that Farah Azlina, one of eight prosecutors in the Anwar case, had no access to confidential information.

The sodomy trial, which began in February and has been punctuated by lengthy delays, is set to resume on August 2 for a one-month session.

Saiful, who was an aide in Anwar’s office, has accused the 62-year-old of sodomising him in 2008. If convicted, Anwar could face up to 20 years imprisonment.

Sodomy, even among consenting adults, is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

Anwar has said he is the victim of a plot to prevent him from taking power, after the opposition made huge strides in 2008 elections, stunning the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition which has been in power for half a century.

28 July 2010

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From Malaysia Chronicle
By Wong Choon Mei

As Malaysians digest the latest sexual scandal in town, a debate has swept in over which is worse – liwat or zina (sodomy or adultery).

“If Saiful’s sexual affair with the girl is his personal business, then why not the sodomy trial,” wrote one commentator.

“It is the same (in that both are considered sins in some cultures) isn’t it – zina and liwat. You can say under civil law there is specific provision to (nail) anwar but under Syariah law there is also punishment for zina.”

Unfair advantage (more…)

28 July 2010

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Dari Malaysiakini

Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail mengesahkan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Farah Azlina Latif telah digugurkan daripada pasukan pendakwaan yang mengendalikan kes liwat Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Beliau berkata langkah itu adalah susulan terhadap dakwaan bahawa Farah Azlina mempunyai “hubungan romantis” dengan saksi utama kes tersebut, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, yang mendakwa dia diliwat oleh Anwar pada Jun 2008.

Farah Azlina turut digugurkan daripada Bahagian Pendakwaan Jabatan Peguam Negara atas faktor yang sama, katanya dalam sidang akhbar di pejabatnya di Putrajaya, semalam.

Sidang akhbar berkenaan diadakan bagi menjelaskan perkembangan terkini sekaligus menjawab persoalan mengenai hubungan Farah Azlina dan Mohd Saiful seperti yang disiarkan oleh laman web Malaysia Today baru-baru ini.

Abdul Gani (atas, kiri) berkata, Farah Azlina terpaksa digugurkan bukan kerana beliau didapati bersalah tetapi bagi mengelakkan sebarang persepsi negatif daripada orang ramai terhadap pasukan pendakwa. (more…)

28 July 2010

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Dari Harakah

Oleh Abdul Aziz Mustafa

Penjelasan Ketua Eksekutif CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (CIMB Group), Datuk Seri Nazir Tun Razak mengenai merudum pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) ke negara ini mengingatkan rakyat kepada pentadbiran nepotisme, kata Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar (gambar).

“Kenyataan jurucakap baru kabinet (Datuk Seri) Najib, iaitu adiknya sendiri, mengingatkan rakyat Malaysia kepada budaya pentadbiran nepotisme yang dipelopori di zaman Tun Dr Mahathir atau pentadbiran ‘anak beranak’ yang dipraktikkan oleh Tun Abdullah (Ahmad Badawi). (more…)

27 July 2010

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Dari Malaysiakini

Tindakan drastik Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) menahan permit Suara Keadilan dan Rocket dilihat sebagai kebimbangan kritikal Umno BN menghadapi kebangkitan rakyat yang kian tegar mempersoalkan dasar-dasar kerajaan akhir-akhir ini.

Setiausaha Kumpulan Aktivis Media Independen (KAMI), Tarmizi Mohd Jam berkata, jika Umno BN dalam keadaan kuat, stabil dan selamat, maka sudah tentu penahanan, penafian hak dan penggantungan permit dua lidah rasmi PKR dan DAP itu tidak dilakukan, sebaliknya ia akan diberi seperti biasa. (more…)

26 July 2010

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Dari Harakah

Pasukan pendakwa kes Liwat II terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bercempera ekoran dakwaan blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, salah seorang anggota perempuannya mempunyai hubungan intim dengan saksi utama dan pihak yang mendakwa, Mohd Saiful Bukhari.

Ketua pasukan pendakwa itu, Solicitor-General 2 Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden bagaimanapun belum dapat mengesahkan samada ada timbalan pendakwaraya wanita itu akan digugurkan atau tidak dari pasukan itu.

“Saya tidak boleh beritahu apa-apa sekarang, saya akan bincang dengan pasukan saya dan lihatlah nanti pada 2 Ogos sama ada dia masih dalam pasukan ini atau tidak,” kata Mohd Yusof sebagaimana yang dilaporkan oleh sebuah laman web.

Sementara itu, peguam Anwar, Sankaran Nair berkata, pihaknya akan menghantar surat kepada Pejabat Peguam Negara bagi mendapatkan penjelasan mengenai dakwaan Raja Petra itu.

“Kita akan hantar surat kepada pejabat AG hari ini, petang nanti mereka akan dapatlah surat itu,” kata Sankaran.

Pihaknya akan menunggu jawapan rasmi dari pejabat Peguam Negara sebelum membuat apa-apa tindakan yang sesuai.

Bagi beliau, jika benar dakwaan Raja Petra ini, ia merupakan satu yang sangat buruk dan ia akan menjadi lagi buruk kalau ia dibiarkan tanpa penjelasan yang wajar.

“Ini akan memberikan implikasi yang serius terhadap perbicaraan ini. Kami mahu Peguam Negara mengesahkan atau menafikan dakwaan ini. Kamar Peguam Negara perlu tidak berpihak dalam hal ini kerana Saiful adalah pihak yang membuat aduan dan saksi utama pendakwa,” kata Sankara.

Raja Petra dalam blognya mendakwa Saiful mempunyai hubungan sulit dengan salah seorang anggota wanita pasukan pendakwaan terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Pemimpin kanan PKR, Peguam Sivarasa Rasiah mendakwa, beliau ada maklumat mengenai tuduhan ini.

Saiful sebelum ini membuat laporan polis diliwat oleh Anwar dan ekoran itu Anwar didakwa oleh pasukan pendakwa yang diketuai Yusof di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur.

Mohd Yusof mendakwa peranan timbalan pendakwaraya wanita itu hanya minima sahaja kerana dia tidak termasuk secara rasmi dalam pasukan pendakwaan beliau.

Wanita itu hanya dibawa masuk untuk membantu mengumpulkan data dan mengambil nota semasa perbicaraan kerana salah seorang anggota pendakwaan telah meninggalkan pasukan itu.

“Jadi, saya tidak boleh kata dia digugurkan dari pasukan ini, kerana dia bukan anggota pasukan ini sebenarnya, bukan macam (DPP) Noorin (Badaruddin), atau Wong (Chiang Kiat), atau saya. Dia dibawa untuk membantu tetapi sekarang kita sekurang-kurangnya ada tiga peguam yang boleh menyusun, dan kadang-kadang Noorin juga mengambil nota.

“Selin itu, dia (wanita yang dikaitkan) juga adalah pendakwaraya, peguam. Dia juga ada kes yang kena kendali. Jika kita putuskan tidak masukkan dia dalam pasukan kita bulan depan, ini kerana kita boleh kendalikan kes ini tanpa dia…juga kerana dia ada kes lain yang perlu diuruskan,” kata Mohd Yusof.

26 July 2010

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From Malaysian Insider
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyers have demanded that Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail respond to Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s claims of a female deputy public prosecutor being romantically involved with the lead witness in Anwar’s on-going Sodomy II trial.

Fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin had alleged in a blog posting recently that a female deputy public prosecutor, a junior member of the prosecution team in Anwar’s trial, is having an “affair” with lead witness Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

Lead counsel for Anwar’s defence team Sankara Nair said that the Attorney-General or the prosecution team had yet to respond to Raja Petra’s allegations, stressing that if the matter were left unaddressed, it could affect the on-going trial proceedings which is set to continue this coming August 2.

“This will have serious implications in the trial, we want the Attorney-General to confirm or deny these allegations. The Attorney-General’s chambers has to be impartial and prove to do so in its dealings, even though Saiful is the complainant and the prosecution’s material witness,” Sankara told The Malaysian Insider this morning.

Sankara said that the defence team will be submitting a letter to the Attorney-General’s office today, demanding that the Attorney-General step in and provide answers to Raja Petra’s claims.

“We will be sending a letter to the Attorney-General’s office today. They should be getting it (the letter) in the afternoon,” said Sankara.

Sankara also said that they would have to wait for an “official response” from Abdul Gani before they can proceed with any further action.

But the prosecution team say that they are still undecided on whether the female deputy public prosecutor named by Raja Petra would be dropped when the case resumes next month. (more…)

26 July 2010

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Dari Harakah
Oleh Abdul Aziz Mustafa

Kejatuhan pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) sebanyak 81 peratus ke negara ini menghilangkan kelayakan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan, kata Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar.

Merudumnya pelaburan asing itu menunjukkan betapa buruknya tahap pencapaian Indeks Prestasi Utama (KPI) dan Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan, katanya. (more…)

26 July 2010

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From Washington Post
By Thor Halvorssen

Upon Julius Caesar’s murder, a struggle erupted over who would control his legacy. Octavius, Caesar’s great-nephew, manipulated his position as Caesar’s heir to wrest power from his rivals. He made Caesar a god and raised a temple, using Caesar’s remains to underscore their connection. Symbolism was crucial, and to dispel any doubts about his legitimacy, Octavius added “Julius Caesar” to his name.

Shortly after midnight on July 16, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reached back in time. He presided at the exhumation of the remains of Simón Bolívar — Latin America’s greatest independence hero, who helped liberate the region from Spain in the 19th century, and the object of Chávez’s personal and political obsession. (more…)

26 July 2010

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25 July 2010

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From Malaysia Chronicle
By Wong Choon Mei,

As  public misgivings grow, there are calls for the sodomy trial against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim to be suspended until a probe has been completed on allegations that Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s neutrality as the key witness has been compromised because of a sexual affair with a member of the prosecuting team.

“We are looking at a possible mistrial if the allegations are true. I think everyone was shocked when the news came out, but let’s get it right. From the beginning, by the fact of their status in the case, this was never a personal affair between two people,” Anwar’s lawyer Sivarasa Rasiah told Malaysia Chronicle.

“If true, there is a fundamental and serious conflict of interest. And this is why it is important that the court orders a probe as soon as possible.”

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