22 AUGUST 2011
DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI DI KUALA LUMPUR
DALAM WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN
PERBICARAAN JENAYAH NO: 45-9-2009
PENDAKWA RAYA
LAWAN
DATO’ SERI ANWAR BIN IBRAHIM
STATEMENT FROM THE DOCK
Nama saya Anwar bin Ibrahim. Sekitar tahun-tahun 90an, saya adalah Menteri Kewangan dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri sehingga September 1998 apabila Perdana Menteri pada ketika itu, Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad memecat saya setelah saya enggan untuk meletakkan jawatan. Beliau (Mahathir Mohamad) menyuruh (dengan ugutan) saya meletakkan jawatan atau menghadapi tekanan pendakwaan kriminal termasuk mengugut untuk tindakan pendakwaan sexual dan rasuah. Saya tetap bertegas (enggan meletak jawatan) dan akhirnya keadaan menjadi hilang kawalan. (baca seterusnya di sini)
My name is Anwar bin Ibrahim. I am the leader of the Opposition in Parliament. In the 1990s, I was the Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister until September 1998 when then Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad sacked me after I had refused to resign. He had told me to resign or face dire consequences including criminal prosecution for alleged sexual and corruption offences. I refused and all hell broke loose. My unceremonious and grossly unjust dismissal simultaneously orchestrated with a trial by media under Mahathir’s complete control triggered mass and widespread demonstrations throughout the country and launched the movement for change and reform known in our history as the Reformasi era.
After a series of show trials during which every rule in the book on evidence and criminal procedure was violated with impunity at the hands of the prosecution and the courts, I was convicted and sentenced to a total of 15 years.
THE CHARGE AGAINST ME
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