Re: Malaysia's Anwar Sues for Defamation



The case will probably (or purposely be made to) take years.
You think M can survive that long.


In article <6hmlt198i2p8bcrfhit03as90689ffl96r@xxxxxxx>,
panNOTRASH@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> 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
>
> If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the NOTRASH. Please do not email me something which you also posted.
>
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