- Title: VARIOUS: MALAYSIAN FINANCE MINISTER ANWAR IBRAHIM IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
- Date: 3rd September 1998
- Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (SEPTEMBER 3, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANWAR IBRAHIM'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE 0.06 2. GV/PAN: CAR WITH PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR MOHAMAD GOING PAST ANWAR'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE TO GO TO WORK 0.19 3. GV: TRAFFIC COPS OUTSIDE 0.25 4. GV: POLICE SEARCHING ANWAR'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE 0.31 5. TV: PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPERS 0.35 6. CU/ZOOM/GV: VARIOUS OF NEWSPAPERS (3 SHOTS) 0.51 7. MCU: MAN ON THE STREET, CHARLES FERNANDES (LAWYER BY PROFESSION) SAYING: "MANY OF US ARE VERY SHOCKED ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT IS MORE DISTURBING IS THE FACT THAT NO REASONS ARE DISCLOSED AS TO THE REASON TO THE SACKING. I THINK MALAYSIANS DESERVE TO KNOW WHY YOU SACK. IT JUST CAN'T BE JUST ARBITRARY SACKING. REASONS SHOULD BE GIVEN. I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER MUST GIVE REASONS" (ENGLISH) 1.12 8. GV/PAN/MCU: WIDE OF MALAYSIAN HIGH COURT (2 SHOTS) 1.24 9. MCU: NALLAKARUPPAN SOLAIMALAI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT MALAYSIA'S MAGNUM CORPORATION, CHARGED WITH THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF 125 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION (BULLETS). 1.41 10. GV: PROSECUTORS LEAVING COURT 1.58 11. GV: WIDE OF ANWAR'S PRIVATE RESIDENCE WHERE PRESS CONFERENCE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE 2.04 12. GV/LV: POLICEMEN AROUND ANWAR'S PRIVATE RESIDENCE (2 SHOTS) 13. MCU: STILL PICTURE AND VOICE OF LIM KIT SIANG, SECRETARY GENERAL, DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY SAYING OVER THE PHONE: "THERE'S A GENERAL SENSE OF SHOCK, DISBELIEF THAT SUCH A DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE WHERE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THE FINANCE MINISTER, THE HEIR APPARENT CAN BE SACKED WITHOUT A FULL AND PROPER EXPLANATION GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE SACKING OF ANWAR IS LIKELY TO PRECIPITATE, AGGRAVATE THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MALAYSIA'S HISTORY AND WHERE AT THE PRESENT THERE'S NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AFTER 14 MONTHS OF THE ECONOMIC TURMOIL" (ENGLISH). 2.56 SINGAPORE (SEPTEMBER 3, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 14. MV: SET UP SHOT OF IRENE CHONG, REGIONAL ECONOMIST, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (CIBC) WITH REPORTER 3.00 15. CU: CHONG SAYING: "THE POLITICAL SUCCESSION ISSUE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN INVESTORS MINDS AND EVEN DOMESTICALLY SO DISMISSAL WOULD INCREASE THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE COUNTRY AND ALSO PROBABLY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE." (ENGLISH) 3.25 16. CU: BRUCE GALE, REGIONAL MANAGER, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RISK CONSULTANCY (PERC) SAYING: "I THINK AN EARLY ELECTION IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE MORE SO PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE IMPOSITION OF THE CURRENCY CONTROLS WHICH HAVE PROVED VERY POPULAR IN MALAYSIA IN FACT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN TRAVELLING AROUND THE COUNTRY AREAS, DRUMMING UP SUPPORT FOR HIS GOVERNMENT. THE ADDED ADVANTAGES FOR HIM NOW OF GOING FOR AN ELECTION WOULD SIMPLY BE HE COULD AVOID NOMINATING ANWAR SUPPORTERS AS UMNO CANDIDATES IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS THEREBY, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, HE COULD HAVE A CLEAN SLATE OF LOYAL SUPPORTERS IN PARLIAMENT" (ENGLISH) 4.10 17. GV/CU: VARIOUS OF INTERNATIONAL AND SINGAPOREAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES (4 SHOTS) 4.39 HONG KONG, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 3, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 18. GV/PAN/CU/MV: KIOSK IN HONG KONG WITH NEWSPAPER HEADLINES (4 SHOTS) 5.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG, CHINA
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