Sodomy vic conviction sodomy conviction against a key leader. The federal court rejected abrahams abeal of the conviction and upheld the prison sentence. He was accused of sodomizing a former political aide. The conviction takes the 67yearold out of contention for election ss for foreseeable future. One human rights activist call it a grim day for has and democracy in asia. Anwar has always denied charges. We spoke with him on the phone. A chance to redeem themselves. To right wrongs of the past but chose instead to stay on the back side and drowned in morals and scruples in subterfuge. You believe the decision by the court is politically motivated, its been made in the interests of the ruling party so they can stay the ruling party . Clearly. Minutes after the decision was announced, the office came out with very elaborate statement. Well coordinated and orchestrated between the Prime Ministers Office and the federal court. Reporter are you ready to go prison . Theres a price i have t
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After years, even decades, hundreds of Sarawak Land Grab cases are still wending their way through the courts, long after the native lands in question have been plundered and destroyed. Apart from the sickening delay in receiving justice whilst illegal timber and plantation operations are allowed to just continue, one glaring issue that still is being ignored in these David and Goliath battles is that the concessions themselves were almost without exception the product of corrupt cronyism and nepotism under the rule of the former chief minister and current billionaire Governor of the state, Taib Mahmud....