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Malaysia
Anwar
Ibrahim
Friday 6 August 1999
Anwar's
lawyers seek to impeach key witness
Lawyers for former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim apply
to impeach a key witness in his sodomy trial.
11 May 1999
Mahathir
lavishes public capital on his capital
Malaysia's Prime Minister is under fire for pressing ahead with
building a $A9.7 billion federal capital, despite the deep recession
gripping his country.
Wednesday 28 April 1999
Anwar
denies 'malicious' sodomy charge
A human rights group says the charges are politically motivated.
Wednesday 21 April 1999
Jailed
Anwar warned of agents
Warnings that police special branch undercover operatives may
be posing as warders at the prison where Anwar Ibrahim has begun
his six-year prison sentence.
Tuesday 20 April 1999
Howard
a racist, says Mahathir
The Malaysian Prime Minister turns on his critics after the jailing
of Anwar Ibrahim.
Friday 16 April 1999
The
world is watching, Australian PM warns Malaysia
The Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, abandoned his Government's
initial soft response to the jailing of the sacked Malaysian
Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim.
Thursday 15 April 1999
Six
years' jail for Anwar
Violent clashes with police and claims that Malaysia's judicial
system had been corrupted followed the sentencing of the country's
sacked Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, to six years
jail.
Verdict
brings out protesters
If anybody thought a guilty verdict would crush Anwar Ibrahim,
or that a massive police presence would prevent protests, they
were quickly proven wrong
Wednesday 14 April 1999
Anwar
bid to speak as he faces jail
Sacked Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim seeks address the
country's High Court after a verdict is handed down.
Wednesday 10 February 1999
Anwar
alleges conspiracy
Another man claims police forced him to say he had sexual relations
with Anwar.
Tuesday 9 February 1999
Court
blocks Anwar testimony
Anwar takes the stand and conspiracy claims are ruled irrelevant.
Saturday 30 January 1999
Malaysia
turns bitter over cronyism
Prime Minister Mahathir goes to great lengths to keep leading
companies afloat while battling rising dissent.
Monday 25 January 1999
Lodge
Anwar protest now, countries urged
Human rights groups are pressing foreign governments to directly
ask the Malaysian Government to drop its opposition to the granting
of bail to the former Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim.
Friday 25 December 1998
Anwar
trial rocked by tape charges
A Malaysian politician was in the hot seat today following allegations
he met a woman in London who has accused the ousted Deputy Prime
Ministerof sexual misconduct.
Saturday 12 December 1998
Gagging
justice
Malaysia is risking its reputation with the trial of Anwar Ibrahim,
writes Craig Skehan.
Tuesday 8 December 1998
Anwar
witness retracts
A key witness in Anwar Ibrahim's trial now says alleged acts
of sodomy did not take place.
Dramatic
switch puts pressure on Mahathir
Shock waves follow apparent recanting by a key witness in the
trial of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim.
Saturday 5 December 1998
Sack
Mahathir, says financier
George Soros urges radical action in Malaysian politics.
Wednesday 2 December 1998
Police
building case against jailed dissident
Political dissident Mr Tian Chua remanded as police carry out
investigations under Malaysia's Sedition Act.
Tuesday 1 December 1998
Outrage
as Anwar lawyer jailed
The heat in the court room rises with a sentence for contempt.
Thursday 26 November 1998
Malaysian
dissident bash claim
Malaysian political dissident Tian Chua said that he was punched
by a plainclothes special branch officer before being made to
accompany police who raided his Kuala Lumpur office.
Thursday 19 November 1998
Australian
PM's softly-softly line on Mahathir comes under fire
In distancing himself from America's public criticism of Malaysia's
human rights record, the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, was
sending the wrong signal to his Malaysian counterpart, said the
Opposition Leader, Mr Kim Beazley.
Business
weighs in to back Malaysian PM
A psychological battle is under way in Malaysia for hearts and
minds, with some of the country's biggest companies and a number
of multinationals joining a campaign that is polarising the nation.
Wednesday 18 November 1998
US
outburst threatens APEC summit
Al Gore drops a verbal bombshell on Malaysia.
Reformers
vow to rally on
Leaders of Malaysia's political reform movement yesterday pledged
to step up anti-government rallies.
Tuesday 17 November 1998
Australian
PM warns Mahathir
Anwar Ibrahim's arrest caused very grave concern, John Howard
tells Malaysian leader.
Howard
does it the Australian way
John Howard delivers an unsubtle message to Dr Mahathir Mohamad
that the world is watching how Malaysia treats Mr Anwar Ibrahim.
Albright
ignores warnings to visit Anwar's wife
The wife of the jailed former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister,
Anwar Ibrahim, reflects on her highly personal, yet politically
sensitive, meeting with US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.
Wednesday 11 November 1998
Defiant
Anwar labels Mahathir recalcitrant
Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minister invokes the memory of
Paul Keating to attack his nemesis.
Tuesday 10 November 1998
Australian
PM plans talks with Mahathir
Australia does not want to isolate the controversial Malaysian
leader but both US President Bill Clinton and Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chretien have decided not to have one-to-one talks
with Dr Mahathir Mohamad when they are in Kuala Lumpur to attend
the APEC trade liberalisation summit.
Saturday 7 November 1998
Report
says Anwar sex claims false
Sensational revelations in police report include apparent references
to a politically motivated smear campaign.
Anwar's
arrest a shadow over APEC summit
As Asia's leaders prepare for crucial talks, damaging political
instability continues in two key countries.
Friday 6 November 1998
I'd
lie if ordered: Anwar witness
Malaysia's top intelligence chief says he might lie under oath
if ordered to do so by his bosses.
Wednesday 4 November 1998
Malaysia
curbs reporters
The Malaysian Government, increasingly concerned about its international
image, has moved to curb the ability of Australian reporters
covering its political and economic problems during the coming
APEC leaders forum.
Tuesday 3 November
1998
Observers
blocked from Anwar trial
The ability of international
observers to monitor the controversial trial of Malaysia's sacked
Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, was thrown into doubt
when they were refused official standing at the proceedings.
Monday 2 November
1998
With
GOD on her side
With her husband,
Anwar Ibrahim imprisoned, it has fallen to Wan Azizah to continue
the fight. Craig Skehan profiles the woman the Malaysian Government
is afraid to touch.
Thursday 29
October 1998
Fears
over fair trial for Anwar
Lawyers for malaysia's
sacked Deputy Prime Minister say judges have been tainted.
Tuesday 27 October
1998
Protests
won't topple me, boasts Mahathir
Malaysian Prime Minister
says that increasingly violent street protests cannot topple
his Government, and accuses foreign media of siding with his
opponents.
Wednesday 14
October 1998
Plan
to break dissent: claim
Human rights groups
accuse Government of strategic detentions in attempt to break
the morale of dissidents.
Wednesday 7
October 1998
Habibie
cancels Malaysia visit
Indonesian officials
cited Dr Habibie's domestic commitments as the reason for the
cancellation, but Government sources have privately acknowledged
his concerns about the treatment of Mr Anwar.
Tuesday 6 October
1998
No
release for Anwar
Malaysia's High Court
has refused bail for the ousted Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar
Ibrahim, after sending him for trial on corruption and sex charges.
Bail
denied as Anwar trial set
Lawyers won't be allowed
to consult their client during his controversial trial.
Wednesday 30
September 1998
Anwar
tells of beating by police
Malaysia's former
Deputy PM appears in court after days of secret detention.
Monday 28 September
1998
Alliance
in pledge to free Anwar
New body to oppose
authoritarianism as police continue their protest crackdown.
Friday 25 September
1998
Malaysia
to put Anwar on open trial
Political repression
in Malaysia increased as police erected barricades around the
home of detained former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim to
stop supporters and journalists from meeting there with his wife.
Thursday 24
September 1998
Anwar's
wife quizzed as arrests mount
Crackdown thins the
ranks of Malaysia's 'Reformasi' leaders.
Wednesday 23
September 1998
Mahathir
warns of clamp-down
Malaysia's political
crisis deepened yesterday as Dr Wan Azizah, the wife of the jailed
former Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, was also threatened
with arrest.
Monday 21 September
1998
Anwar
faces arrest, aides jailed
Malaysia's political
tensions have escalated dramatically, with sacked Deputy Prime
Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, now expected to be arrested at any time
following the jailing of two associates who allegedly confessed
to having homosexual sex with him.
Wednesday 9
September 1998
Mahathir
steps up the attack on Anwar
The Malaysian Prime
Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has accused his sacked deputy
of trying to provoke the Government into arresting him and has
denied any political conspiracy to silence him.
Mahathir's
end game
This week's Commonwealth
Games were supposed to be a triumph for Malaysia and its Prime
Minister. But the country finds itself in the depths of political
confusion on the eve of the party.
Monday 7 September
1998
Anwar
defies new threats
Malaysia's Government-dominated
media and law enforcement agencies have intensified pressure
on the sacked Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, to end
his public defiance.
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