Is Najib so cruel, callous and heartless as to want Anwar to be jailed for 20 years and not released until he is an octogenarian?


I find it shocking, unbelievable and outrageous that the Attorney-General is counter-appealing against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s five-year jail sentence in the Sodomy II case when the Federal Court sits on Tuesday and Wednesday to hear Anwar’s appeal against his Court of Appeal conviction and sentence on March 7.

It has been reported that the prosecution has counter-appealed and wants Anwar to be jailed for more than five years contending that the Court of Appeal’s five-year jail sentence is “manifestly inadequate”, “does not reflect the gravity of the offence” and “fails to serve the ends of justice from the perspective of public interest”.

There are forces among those in power who want to get rid of the Opposition, by “hook or by crook”, but I want to ask the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak whether he is so cruel, callous and heartless as to want Anwar to be jailed for 20 years and not released until he is an octogenarian?

Is this in conformity with Najib’s preaching of wasatiyyah or moderation with its emphasis on the principles of justice, balance and excellence?

Here we see another glaring difference in the political ethos and culture between Malaysia and Indonesia.

In Indonesia, it is become commonplace for the movers and shakers of the political elite, including Ministers, to be convicted and sent behind bars – not for the most far-fetched of offences, but for clear and specific violations of the law such as corrupt practices, like:

*the former Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng sentenced to four years in jail in July for receiving Rp 4 billion ($330,000) and $550,000 in bribes connected to the construction of the Hambalang sports training centre in West Java and his appeal was rejected a few days ago;

*in early September, the former Energy and Mining Minister Jero Wacik named as a suspect in an alleged extortion case to raise nearly Rp 10 billion ($585,000) for his ministerial operational fund;

*and in late September, the former chairman of President Susilo Bambang Sudhoyono’s Democratic Party, Anas Urbaningrum sentenced by the Corruption Court to eight years in jail, fined Rp 300 million (US$25,200) demanded restitution payments of Rp 57.5 billion and $5.2 million.after finding him guilty of corruption and money laundering.

KPK (Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission) had challenged and appealed against the eight-year jail sentence for Anas as being too lenient.

Malaysians and Indonesians can understand the Indonesian authorities appealing against Anas’ sentence to eight years in jail, which was less than half of the 15-year prison term sought by the Indonesian prosecution.

But what could be the “public interest” in the Malaysian prosecution in appealing against Anwar’s five-year jail sentence, apart serving the ulterior political objective of the powers-that-be to kill off the Parliamentary Opposition Leader?

[Speech (2) at the “Solidarity with Junz Wong” dinner organised by Sabah DAP in Kota Kinabalu on Saturday, 26th October 2014 at 10 pm]

  1. #1 by Bigjoe on Sunday, 26 October 2014 - 5:22 pm

    Its a reflection of how much is at stake for Najib and UMNO/BN leaders – their greed and what they could lose if UMNO/BN loses power…

  2. #2 by boh-liao on Sunday, 26 October 2014 - 5:32 pm

    Y so shock 1
    D whole idea is 2 lock AI up n throw away d key, so NO more future threat fr AI, his wife n daughter, n PR lor
    Collapse of ABU, veri good 4 UmnoB/BN

  3. #3 by boh-liao on Sunday, 26 October 2014 - 6:10 pm

    “I want to see Malaysians stand up and usher in the real Malaysia – the country as it should be, with all its strengths and resources and wealth.”

    “I want Malaysia to be ruled by people who care about its countrymen and will move the country forward, and bring together all the races as one people.”

    Whose words?
    Fr d mouth of a politician? An NGO?
    Nein, nein

    Spoken by Universiti Malaya Students’ Council president Fahmi Zainol, a Public Service Department scholarship holder
    Guess d reaction fr AhCheatKor n Jokowi?

  4. #4 by PRmaju on Sunday, 26 October 2014 - 11:08 pm

    jailing Anwar will wake up the kampong Malay and make them understand, umno has to be cruel in order to be able to stay in power, in order to enjoy plundering the country!

  5. #5 by Noble House on Monday, 27 October 2014 - 12:58 am

    When the people are docile and complacent, governments are happy. History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and tribulation.

    Malaysians, at large, are too complacent to change anything that does not bother them. Who cares if the country is going to the dogs so long as I can continue living in my comfort zone? Let’s be honest. Even the most boot licking lackey knows deep-down inside that something is wrong. This country isn’t going to the dogs. It’s gone to the dogs. We’re a mess! And do I really want to live in this mess any more?

    Malaysia is done with and everyone knows it. The New World has the odor of a dying regime and changing the tune ain’t going to make this go away.

  6. #6 by Justice Ipsofacto on Monday, 27 October 2014 - 8:40 am

    Jib? Cruel?
    Ans: YES. DEFINITELY.
    Reason: Survival. Self-preservation. Wat else?

  7. #7 by undertaker888 on Monday, 27 October 2014 - 12:09 pm

    One day, what goes around comes around. That would be the justice for unscrupulous people.

  8. #8 by john on Tuesday, 28 October 2014 - 12:22 am

    Ah CHEAT Kok already started to lay the ground works toward next GE.
    Jailing, or harassed AI and opposition leaders is all part of strategy, starting now towards next GE.
    Is just that PR now in dire ? situation and still having ” heads ” buried under sand, not want to face reality. PAS as a limbo partner, PKR with so much uncertainties, unwarranted revelations and DAP ” stand-alone ” as it is present situation, all detrimental to PR as one-coalition party ?.
    Is PR just hoping ( another ABU or ?? from supporters ) in seeing them through next GE ?.
    In short, where is PR strengths ! and not to be entirely about BUMNO’s “diseases “.

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