- Title: MALAYSIA: COURT REJECTS ANWAR'S BAIL APPLICATION.
- Date: 23rd May 2004
- Summary: (W2) PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA (MAY 22, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. GV/PAN: CONVOY OF PRISON DEPARTMENT VEHICLES WITH JAILED MALAYSIAN MINISTER ANWAR IBRAHIM 0.16 2. GV: CONVOY ENTERING PALACE OF JUSTICE COURT COMPLEX 0.19 3. MV/PAN: ANWAR'S CHILDREN AND WIFE WAN AZIZAH WAN ISMAIL ENTERING COURT 0.26 4. GV: ANWAR WAVING TO SUPPORTERS 0.38 5. CU; ANWAR'S SUPPORTERS WEARING T-SHIRT 0.42 6. CU: BUTTON READING 'I SUPPORT ANWAR' 0.45 7. MV/CU: ANWAR'S SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE COURT (2 SHOTS) 0.55 8. CU: PALACE OF JUSTICE SIGN OUTSIDE COURT 0.58 9. MV/PAN: RIOT POLICE OUTSIDE COURT PAN AWAY TO PEOPLE GATHERED 1.13 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANWAR SUPPORTER S. PUSHPANATHAN SAYING "The judges say they are going to give the honest judgment because the 81 bracket two has not been completed. So they are going to give the honest judgment, so all this while is not honestly. Now only they want to give the honest judgment." 1.27 11. GV: ANWAR SUPPORTERS LEAVING COURT 1.32 12. MV: MORE OF RIOT POLICE 1.36 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANWAR SUPPORTER BADRUL HISHAM SAYING "Everybody know what happened in the court is our garbage and cartoon court and I just want to say something, fuck for Malaysian judiciary." 1.49 14. GV: POLICE ARRESTING BADRUL HISHAM 1.54 15. MCU/PAN: POLICE TAKING BADRUL HISHAM INTO COURT COMPLEX 2.01 16. LV: POLICE HELICOPTER CIRCLING ABOVE PALACE OF JUSTICE 2.05 17. GV: TRAFFIC POLICE OUTSIDE PALACE OF JUSTICE 2.08 18. LV/PAN: ANWAR SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE PALACE OF JUSTICE, PAN TO CONVOY WITH ANWAR LEAVING 2.23 19. GV: ANWAR SUPPORTERS WITH BANNERS 2.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
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- Story Text: Malaysian court rejects Anwar's bail application.
PLEASE NOTE: ONE OF THE SOUNDBITES CONTAINS A PROFANITY.
Former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was
refused bail by the country's highest court on Saturday
(May 22) in a politically charged process which drew muted
protests from his supporters.
The Federal Court rejected Anwar's bail application
pending a decision on his appeal against a sodomy
conviction, saying it was not empowered by law to grant a
stay of execution in
criminal cases.
"We therefore dismiss the application," judge Abdul
Hamid Mohamad said in court.
Anwar is awaiting a decision on his appeal against a
sodomy conviction for which he is serving nine years in
prison.
Anwar's sacking and imprisonment in 1998 on abuse of
power and sodomy charges, after falling out with then Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamad, sparked violent protests
involving tens of
thousands of followers.
But support for the former rising star of the ruling
Malay party has eroded over the years. On Saturday, about
50 followers gathered in the court compound, shouting
"reformasi"
and "arrest Mahathir" as riot police looked on. Wearing a
neck and back brace for a spinal injury he
says was made worse by a police beating, Anwar said he was
disappointed with the decision.
Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, chief of Parti
Keadilan which sprang out of the "reformasi" reform
movement, said the court's decision had been a "foregone
conclusion".
Anwar's supporters were more articulate with their
views.
"The judges say they are going to give the honest
judgment because the 81 bracket two has not been completed.
So they are going to give the honest judgment, so all this
while is not
honestly. Now only they want to give the honest judgment,"
S. Pushpanathan told Reuters Television.
Another supporter, Badrul Hisham, could not hide his
anger.
"Everybody know what happened in the court is our
garbage and cartoon court and I just want to say something,
fuck for Malaysian judiciary," Badrul Hisham said.
Police later detained Badrul Hisham for not having
identity documents.
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