Re: Malaysia's Anwar Sues for Defamation




"Pan" <panNOTRASH@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_re_as/malaysia_anwar
>
> KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian dissident politician Anwar Ibrahim
> on Friday sued former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for defamation
> after Mahathir refused to apologize for calling him a homosexual.[...]
>
>>Considering that he was released after the charges of sodomy were
>>thrown out on appeal, it's hard to know how Tun Mahathir could defend
>>himself legally. But what may be more important is what political
>>pressures
>>the judge is under, and how he reacts to them. So what do you all
>>think will happen?
>
> Michael

Anwar will probably wind up back in the slammer for daring to question the
establishment. He is also in line for 100 strokes of the rattan!!!


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