Clinton visits on Monday, may discuss Anwar's sodomy case

Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Kuala Lumpur upon Monday as partial of the two-week Asian tour as well as the buzz in the tactful circles is which she will not usually be assembly Prime Minister Najib Razak, but also Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim who is poised to be jailed upon flimsy sodomy charges ahead of snap general elections next year.

Indeed, conjecture is growing which something might be afoot as the Obama administration department has so distant been seen as indifferent, even demure to take up the democracy cudgels in Southeast Asia, the segment marked by many opposition governments including Burma as well as Cambodia.

We have been not in the position to confirm Mrs Clintons schedule but we positively goal which she will speak up for Anwar, the top PKR official told Malaysia Chronicle.

Malaysian SOS

Like Thailand, Malaysia has been displaying severe signs of stress as it tries to adjust to rare domestic competition during home.

Mahathir, NajibUnable to beat off the advances made by Anwar's Pakatan Rakyat coalition, Najib has begun shifting behind to the hard line policies promulgated by former Malaysian dictator Mahathir Mohamad.

While the British-educated Najib has taken heedfulness to execute himself as the 'moderate' during his abroad trips, he is actually the complete conflicting once he is back. And nowhere did he exhibit this Jekyll-and-Hyde tendency some-more than during his Umno partys annual public held recently.

At which meeting, Najib sounded warning bells distant as well as far-reaching when he spoken This nation does not have next to citizenship, clamped down contention of secular right! s, as we ll as also vowed to urge his reason upon power during all costs.

"Even if the bodies have been dejected as well as the lives lost, brothers as well as sisters, whatever happens, we must urge Putrajaya," Najib had said.

Trial has left out of carry out

At 57, Najib is the little 6 years younger than Anwar - his arch opposition from their Umno days in the 80s. Both had been shortlisted to be Mahathirs deputy, but in the end, the some-more politically-savvy Anwar was chosen.

Although, they sealed ranks as well as Najib later became partial of Anwars clique, he was discerning to desert Anwar in 1998, when Mahathir intuiting his grip upon power was fading, decided to pouch as well as prison his deputy upon swindle as well as sodomy charges.

Anwar - his Pakatan brought goal for remodel Even then, there was worldwide condemnation for Malaysia as well as former U.S. clamp boss Al Gore, during the dinner function in Kuala Lumpur, even staged the protest walk-out. But it was usually after spending 6 years in prison which Anwar was freed. Months after Mahathirs retirement, the courts eventually found the courage to acquit him in 2004.

The international rebuke for the ultimate sodomy hearing have been even harsher. Anwar has denied the charges as well as accused Najib as well as his mother Rosmah Mansor of having plotted the swindling opposite him.

World figures from former Canadian premier Paul Martin to Recep Edrogan, Paul Wolfowitz to Richard Branson, have spoken up for Anwar. Lawmakers from Australian, Canada, U.K., U.S. as well as most recently the Inter-Parliamentary Union have expressed await for Anwar as well as forked out the weaknesses fundamental in the ongoing trial.

It has substantially reached the stage where Najib is no longer meditative logically about the trial. He seems to be thinkin! g, if th e Burmese junta can do it to Aung San Suu Kyi, because cant I get away with Anwar here? Hopefully, someone can talk the little sense to him, pronounced the PKR official.

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