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 Mahathir
home from holidays
UMNO
organised APCET riot
Millenium
jump team makes second attempt for the Pole
UMNO
to target youth
More
efforts to eradicate Bahasa Baku
ISA
does not erode human rights
Rafidah
explains share allotments to son-in-law
Foreigners
out to recolonise us invade our borders
High
tech boost for schoolkids
UMNO
Supreme Council urges Ku Li to keep promise
FEATURE: 30 Dalils
why Mahathir cannot be a witness at the Anwar Ibrahim trial
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30 Dalils why
Mahathir cannot be a witness at the Anwar Ibrahim trial
This February, High Court Judge Ariffin Jaka put off
a decision on whether Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad can be forced to
testify at the sodomy trial of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
The High Court Judge said he needed to hear arguments from Anwar's lawyers,
who subpoenaed Mahathir four months ago, on why they felt Mahathir's testimony
was crucial in defending the former Deputy Prime Minister. 'Not The New
Straits Times', in the meantime, has exclusively received the following
secret document - '30 Dalils Why Mahathir Cannot Be A Witness at Anwar
Ibrahim's Trial' - to counter the defence team's arguments:
Dalil 1: Mahathir does not want to be placed
at the same level as a bankrupt 32-year old virgin and a stained mattress
Dalil 2: He might cause one of the mounted policemen guarding
the court compound to fall off his horse.
Dalil 3: High Court Judge Ariffin Jaka already
told him to stop shooting his mouth off about the Anwar case.
Dalil 4: He might testify that the sodomy was self-inflicted.
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Another credible witness arrives in court |
Dalil 5: The court still remembers Mahathir's
famous quote of 1988: "Hang the lawyers! Hang the judges!"
Dalil 6: He might join the pro-Anwar demonstrators outside
the courthouse and persuade them to march on Seattle
Dalil 7: Like a previous witness, he might not be able to
remember where, what day and what time the sodomy acts were committed
Dalil 8: The Special Branch haven't turned him over yet
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Demonstrators wait outside the High Court to
welcome Mahathir
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Dalil 9: He is abiding by the UMNO Supreme
Council's 'No Testify' Rule
Dalil 10: He'd already testified to Anwar's guilt in numerous
press conferences in Tokyo, New York and London since 1998, apart from
his frequent testimonies over the local newspapers and television
Dalil 11: Tengku Razaleigh might sneak up
on him from behind while he's busy in court and suddenly become UMNO President
Dalil 12: He couldn't understand the subpoena from
Anwar's lawyers because it was in Bahasa Baku
Dalil 13: He'll be away overseas yet again fighting the foreigners
out to re-colonise us
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Does not want to look stupid |
Dalil 14: He does not want to look stupid
by repeating his statement in 1997 that anyone who believed the accusations
against Anwar was "stupid"
Dalil 15: He would not be the first Prime Minister to appear
in court and therefore would not qualify for a placing in the Guinness
Book of World Records
Dalil 16: He's hasn't had time to have all of
Anwar's lawyers charged for sedition yet
Dalil 17: He doesn't have any ties loud enough to match Ummi
Hafilda's outfits
Dalil 18: The last time UMNO was in court, it was declared
illegal |
The last time UMNO was
in court, it was declared
illegal |
Dalil 19: He does not believe there is a
secret political conspiracy to destroy Anwar - everyone knows it's no secret
now
Dalil 20: He is not above the law - he is the
law
The remaining 10 Dalils: It's just 10 more campaigning weeks
before the UMNO Elections!
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