Do not interfere!!!

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will issue a note to the United States embassy to protest the country's statement warning against any "politically-motivated" investigation into PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said this was because the statement was tantamount to an attempt by the United States to meddle in the country's domestic affairs.

"This is a statement which I perceive as an attempt to meddle in our administration. We have our own government, our own laws and our own enforcement.

"We know what we will have to do to ensure all due process in the law is implemented fairly and nobody is ill-treated or threatened. This is our objective and our practice.

(Emphasis added)

Read the entire report here.

Nobody is ill-treated or threatened? As i remember, the last time Anwar was accused of a similar crime, he ended up being beaten while under custody!!! By none other than the highest ranking police officer of the land at that time!!!

All due process of law is implemented fairly? In a country where judges can be brokered and arranged???

Anyway, here is what was reportedly said by the US State Department:-

Tom Casey, spokesman for the US State Department, is quoted as saying:

"The main point for us is that the rule of law needs to stand above politics. And we would certainly oppose any use of law enforcement or judicial procedures for anything other than legitimate purposes of the law."

Adding that Anwar had faced similar charges in the past and his conviction was overturned, Casey added, "So, we would hope that there's not a pattern here.

"But, certainly, we would be concerned that anything that is done be done in a way that is appropriate, that is a legitimate investigation of charges that might exist under Malaysian law, and would not be anything that was a politically motivated investigation or prosecution."

Taken from here.

You judge for yourself - are these statements tantamount to an attempt to meddle in the our country's administration ?

Not to be outdone, the Deputy PM also had to comment about it - and not any better either. Here's what he said (source: the first article above):-

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the police probe into the newest police case against Anwar "was never politically motivated".

"It has never been politically motivated at all. Washington had better get their facts right," he said.

Well, if i read it correctly, Tom Casey used these words:- "...would not be anything that was a politically motivated investigation or prosecution". No, my learned DPM, he did not say it was politically motivated. Who is it that must get their facts right?

Malaysia boleh!