DEAR READERS: I HAVE been surfing the NET mostly instead of doing my own scribing.IT's the EFFECT OF last night's loss of three hours' labour when I more or less LOST a whole follow-up post to the 10-sen petrol price item:( SO now, more C&P OK!
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CATCHING up on HOT NEWS ITEM from THE Malaysian Insider:)
Obama warns of ‘chilling effect’ of Anwar trial
Published: 2 June 2015 7:43 AM
Former opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim is serving a five-year jail term for sodomy. – The Malaysian Insider
file pic, June 2, 2015.US President Barack Obama on Monday warned Malaysia must
be careful that the high-profile prosecution of former opposition leader Datuk
Seri Anwar Ibrahim does not have a "chilling effect" on democracy.
Hosting a group of young leaders from Asean countries at the White House,
Obama was asked about the case of former deputy prime minister Anwar, who was
jailed on much-criticised sodomy charges.
"Malaysia
has a history of democracy that has to be preserved," Obama said.
"It is important that if an opposition leader who is
well known has been charged with a crime, that that process of how that is
adjudicated and how open it is and how clear the evidence is, that is all
subject to scrutiny."
"What you don't want is a situation in which the legitimacy of the
process is questioned, that has an adverse impact on democracy as a
whole."
Anwar was jailed in February for five years on charges that he sodomised a
former male aide, a case he says was fabricated by the government.
The prison term threatens to permanently end the 68-year-old's political
career.
Obama said everyone should be "making sure that there is not a
chilling effect on potential opposition".
"You have to respect the rights of even those people who you disagree
most with, because otherwise there is no way a democracy can flourish over the
long term." – AFP, June 2, 2015.
- See more at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/obama-warns-on-chilling-effect-of-anwar-trial#sthash.eKXVq546.dpuf
DESIDERATA: I DRAW special attention to these two paragraphs:
"It is important that if an opposition leader who is
well known has been charged with a crime, that that process of how that is
adjudicated and how open it is and how clear the evidence is, that is all
subject to scrutiny."
"What you don't want is a situation in which the legitimacy of the
process is questioned, that has an adverse impact on democracy as a
whole."
DESI now recalls for my ER'S benefit what the then BAR COUNCIL President CHRISTOPHER LEONG SAID following Anwar's conviction verdict (I'm paraphrasing here, OK!" ...IT's more like a case of POLITICAL PERSECUTION, NOT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION..." DESI completely agrees.
Obama warns of ‘chilling effect’ of Anwar trial
Former
opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is serving a five-year jail
term for sodomy. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, June 2, 2015.US
President Barack Obama on Monday warned Malaysia must be careful that
the high-profile prosecution of former opposition leader Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim does not have a "chilling effect" on democracy.Hosting a group of young leaders from Asean countries at the White House, Obama was asked about the case of former deputy prime minister Anwar, who was jailed on much-criticised sodomy charges.
"Malaysia has a history of democracy that has to be preserved," Obama said.
"It is important that if an opposition leader who is well known has been charged with a crime, that that process of how that is adjudicated and how open it is and how clear the evidence is, that is all subject to scrutiny." "What you don't want is a situation in which the legitimacy of the process is questioned, that has an adverse impact on democracy as a whole."
Anwar was jailed in February for five years on charges that he sodomised a former male aide, a case he says was fabricated by the government.
The prison term threatens to permanently end the 68-year-old's political career.
Obama said everyone should be "making sure that there is not a chilling effect on potential opposition".
"You have to respect the rights of even those people who you disagree most with, because otherwise there is no way a democracy can flourish over the long term." – AFP, June 2, 2015.
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