here's a few interesting links:

the judgement in full:
http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/Homepage%20FC/JUDGMENT/judgment-1/05-6
-2003(W)&05-7-2003(W)datinpaduka.htm

webbloggers reactions: http://www.petalingstreet.org/

live updates: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=4741

historical, what went down:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/521608.stm

more links from:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/prema/223634.html


joe

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On Sep 2, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Joe Kidd wrote:

> i'm no big fan of anwar, but what was done to him was an outright
> corruption of the justice system (if it can be called as one in the
> first place lah!).
>
> read on,
>
> joe
>
>
>
> Court frees Anwar!
>
> Sep 2, 04 9:01am
>
> In a 2-1 decision, the country’s highest court today set former deputy
> prime minister Anwar Ibrahim free after quashing his sodomy
> conviction. Also freed was his adopted brother Sukma Darmawan
> Sasmitaat Madja who had been convicted of the same offence.
>
> A three-man Federal Court bench - consisting of Abdul Hamid Mohamad,
> Rahmah Hussein and Tengku Baharudin Shah Tengku Mahmud - delivered the
> stunning decision at Putrajaya’s spanking new Palace of Justice.
>
> Justice Abdul Hamid said that the High Court had misdirected itself
> in convicting and sentencing Anwar. He also said that the evidence of
> the prosecution's main witness Azizan Abu Bakar was uncorroborated.
>
> “We’re not saying Azizan is an outright liar but he certainly is not
> the kind of witness the lower court said him to be,” said Abdul Hamid.
>
> “He cannot be credible as he had given three different dates involving
> three different years (on when the alleged act of sodomy took place).
>
> He added that Azizan was an accomplice to the alleged act because
> there was no evidence of protest.
>
> Tengku Baharudin was also in favour of Anwar, while Rahmah dissented.
>
> No deal
>
> Anwar, upon hearing the judgment, gave his family and reporters a
> tired smile.
>
> Later, he thanked Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for not
> interfering in the judiciary, unlike his predecessor Dr Mahathir
> Mohamad.
>
> Anwar also brushed aside rumours of a secret deal with Abdullah which
> resulted in today’s decision
>
> Meanwhile, outside the court, Anwar’s supporters were seen hugging
> and shouting in jubilation.
>
> They had been waiting outside the court building since early this
> morning, and reacted with joy and jubilation. A small number of police
> personnel kept a watchful eye on the crowd.
>
> The 57-year-old ex-politician had arrived at 8.45am and was taken
> into the courtroom in a wheelchair. He came in an ambulance from
> Hospital Kuala Lumpur where he had been warded since July 12 due to a
> chronic back ailment which had worsen in recent weeks.
>
> Fly to Munich
>
> He is expected to fly to Munich, Germany later in the week for an
> urgent operation to treat a long standing spinal disc injury, which he
> said was aggravated by a police beating after his arrest in 1998.
>
> Anwar’s appeal on both conviction and sentencing was made on the
> grounds that the conduct of the High Court trial four years ago was
> deeply flawed.
>
> The High Court on Aug 8, 2000 had found Anwar and Sukma guilty of
> sodomising Anwar’s former family driver Azizan.
>
> Their application to the Court of Appeal was rejected on April 18
> last year.
>
> Anwar has already completed more than one year of his nine-year jail
> sentence for sodomy, as well as an earlier six-year sentence for
> corruption.
>
> Meanwhile, Sukma who had been serving his six-year sentence since
> last year, will be released from Kajang prison.
>
>
>
>
> Anwar Ibrahim bebas!
>
> Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akhirnya
> mengecapi kebebasan hari ini apabila Mahkamah Persekutuan membatalkan
> sabitan dan hukuman liwat yang dijatuhkan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi empat
> tahun lalu.
>
> Dua daripada tiga Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan – Datuk Abdul Hamid
> Mohamad dan Datuk Tengku Baharudin Shah Tengku Mahmud – membenarkan
> rayuan Anwar terhadap hukuman tersebut..
>
> Seorang lagi penal ialah hakim Datuk Paduka Rahmah Hussein. Berikutan
> itu, Anwar dibebaskan selepas lima tahun berjuang melalui mahkamah
> untuk mengenepikan kedua-dua sabitan dan hukuman bagi kesalahan liwat.
>
> Anwar yang kini berusia 57 tahun telahpun selesai menjalani hukuman
> enam tahun penjara bagi kesalahan salahguna kuasa dan kini sedang
> menjalani hukuman sembilan tahun penjara bagi kesalahan liwat.
>
> 'Ulangtahun' keenam
>
> Penyokong Anwar berkumpul di halaman Istana Keadilan di Putrajaya
> seawal 7 pagi tadi untuk mendengar keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan
> tersebut.
>
> Hari ini juga merupakan ‘ulangtahun’ keenam Anwar dipecat daripada
> kerajaan dan Umno pada tahun 1998.
>
> Ada di kalangan penyokong Anwar yang membawa sepanduk berbunyi'
> Bebaskan Anwar' manakala yang lainnya melaungkan slogan reformasi.
> Anggota polis, termasuk anggota Unit Simpanan Persekutuan (FRU)
> mengawal di sekitar kawasan berkenaan.
>
> Juga kelihatan hadir ialah sebilangan diplomat asing dan pemerhati
> antarabangsa. Wartawan malaysiakini bagaimanapun, tidak dibenarkan
> masuk ke dewan mahkamah kerana tidak memiliki pas akhbar rasmi yang
> keluarkan oleh pihak kerajaan.
>
>
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