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"Going to jail I consider a sacrifice I make for the people of this country. My struggle will continue, wherever I am sent and whatever is done to me. I pledge, and I will not be silenced, I will fight on for freedom and justice and I will never surrender." - Anwar, 10 February 2015. 16 May 2018: Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison and receives a full royal pardon from the King of Malaysia. This was an astonishing turn of events for the former Deputy Prime Minister who was serving a second prison term for sodomy, a charge that Anwar has always refuted. For Mark Trowell QC, who observed the criminal trials of Anwar Ibrahim, the release was "as historic as the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa." Read about the dramatic twists and turns in the prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim, from when he was first charged with sodomy in September 1998 to his vindication 20 years later. This book covers not only the trials and prosecution Anwar was subjected to, and which led to the guilty verdict and sentence of five years' imprisonment in February 2015, it also recounts the changing political tide sweeping through Malaysia that culminated in his historic release in 2018. Mark Trowell also presents an exclusive interview with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In a wide-ranging discussion, held in May 2018, Anwar reveals much about his time in prison, his new relationship with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his vision for Malaysia.

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	16 août 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789814828871
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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PRAISE FOR Anwar Returns: The Final Twist and Sodomy II: The Trial of Anwar Ibrahim *
It takes an author of considerable legal experience, discipline, and attention to detail, to recount the astonishing and curious tale recorded in this book. Mark Trowell has performed a service for the people of Malaysia and their friends by recording this chronicle and bringing up to date the latest remarkable developments that appear to bear out Anwar s claim that the light shines upon him.
The Hon. Michael Kirby
Former Justice of the High Court of Australia
The charges against Anwar Ibrahim for the offence of carnal intercourse against the order of nature, the criminal trial that followed and the strictures with respect to pre-trial disclosure, show us two things: it is high time such an offence is expunged from our statute books, and trial by ambush has no place in the criminal justice system. This book is a timely reminder that justice is a global concern.
Christopher Leong
President of LAWASIA and former President of Malaysian Bar
A riveting account of a truly remarkable story.
Drew Herron
Director of American Institute for Liberty and Justice
A contemporaneous and incisive account of a political trial disguised as a criminal case. A must-read.
Anil Divan
Senior Advocate and former President of Bar Association of India
Mark Trowell exposes sharply the flawed prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim - an absolute read for every one interested in understanding how and why this happened.
Rogier Huizenga
Head Human Rights Programme, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva
An eloquently analysed process of a case, which barely corroborates the judicial independence and the Rule of Law.
Akio Harada
former Prosecutor General of Japan
A gripping tale of political intrigue at highest levels of government and its abuse of the legal system to destroy its opponents. Everyone who cherishes justice should read this book.
Mark Andrews
Director of Mark Andrews Legal, Perth, Western Australia
An intriguing and internationally significant book about a monumental miscarriage of justice, that has finally ended with the timely pardoning of Anwar Ibrahim. Expertly told.
Thomas Percy QC
Albert Wolff Chambers, Perth, Western Australia

* Sodomy II: The Trial of Anwar Ibrahim was published in 2012

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Text Mark Trowell
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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data
Names: Trowell, Mark.
Title: Anwar returns : the final twist : the prosecution and release of Anwar Ibrahim / Mark Trowell, QC.
Description: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2018
Identifiers: OCN 1042568546 | e-ISBN: 978 981 4828 87 1
Subjects: LCSH: Anwar Ibrahim, 1947---Trials, litigation, etc. | Trials (Sodomy)--Malaysia. | Justice, Administration of--Malaysia. | Malaysia--Politics and government.
Classification: DDC 345.595102536--dc23
Printed in Malaysia
Cover photo: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images
Illustrations on pages 8 and 16 : Zunar
Photographs courtesy of Mark Trowell and Anwar Ibrahim
The accounts in Chapters 3-25 of this book were first published in 2015 in The Prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim: The Final Play , and were correct at the time of publication.
To the memory of my late mother, Patricia Aileen Powell.
This book is also dedicated to my friends Datuk David Yeoh Eng Hock, the late David Kingsley Malcolm AC QC and the late Datuk Michael Bong Thiam Joon.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
THE RELEASE (2015-2018)
01 In conversation with Anwar Ibrahim (31 May 2018)
02 The final twist
THE PROSECUTION (2008-2015)
THE TRIALS: SEPTEMBER 2008-JANUARY 2012
03 Sodomy I: The first episode
04 Sodomy II: Anwar charged again
05 The international reaction
06 Pre-trial skirmishes and start of trial
07 Continuing fight for disclosure during trial
08 The affair
09 Was it Anwar s DNA?
10 Judge says case to answer
11 Defence case begins; prosecution applies to reopen case
12 Final submissions
13 The acquittal: 9 January 2012
14 The saga continues
THE FINAL PLAY: MARCH 2014-FEBRUARY 2015
15 Government wins 13th general election
16 Attempts to disqualify prosecutor
17 A week of action
18 Anwar convicted and sentenced to five years in prison
19 Karpal convicted of sedition
20 Failure to expunge homosexual remark from record
21 A good lawyer dies in the saddle
22 Sedition crackdown to silence dissent
23 The final appeal: Federal Court of Malaysia
24 The final verdict: 10 February 2015
25 Interview with Anwar Ibrahim (9 July 2014)
Timeline of events (1998-2018)
Key players in the prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim
Acknowledgements
About the author
Foreword
THE HON. MICHAEL KIRBY, AC CMG *
This is a further revised and updated edition of a book on the roller-coaster life of Anwar Ibrahim, a Malaysian leader of remarkable political skills, personal gifts and charismatic personality. When in 2015 he returned to prison, after the imposition upon him of a second conviction for the crime of sodomy, he declared to his political supporters: I will again, for the third time, walk into prison. But rest assured my head will be held high. The light shines on me.
So it has proved. On 16 May 2018, Anwar was released from prison. He was granted an audience with the King of Malaysia, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V, and received a royal pardon. In the general election that preceded these events, contrary to many expectations, the government parties that had ruled Malaysia since independence lost their majority. The Opposition party of which Anwar had become founder and leader won a majority of seats in the new ruling Coalition.
The newly elected Prime Minister, who returned to that office with a commitment to stand aside for Anwar after one or two years , was none other than his erstwhile nemesis Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The long-time collaborators, once turned deadly enemies, had restored their friendship and alliance. It was Dr Mahathir who had provided the advice to the King to pardon Anwar. From prison, Anwar had watched the doughty campaigner oust Prime Minister Najib Razak to become the world s oldest serving head of government. Now Anwar waits in the wings for re-election to Parliament, ascension to the post for which he had earlier seemed destined, and restoration of his reputation and dignity.
There are few, if any, equivalent tales of changing fortune, alliances and commitments in the world of politics today. The saga is captured here. If, when it began, in 1998, the tortured course of events had been predicted, it would have been dismissed as an impossible fantasy. However, fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. And the facts of Malaysian political and legal events are sometimes especially strange. It takes an author of considerable legal experience, discipline, and attention to detail, to recount the astonishing and curious tale recorded in this book. Those who predict that the twists and turns of fate have concluded and that there are no fresh surprises still in store may yet be disappointed. However that may prove to be, Mark Trowell has performed a service for the people of Malaysia and their friends by recording this chronicle and bringing up to date the latest remarkable developments that appear to bear out Anwar s claim that the light shines upon him.
There are many precedents for the emergence of charismatic leaders from imprisonment to political leadership, triumph and vindication. Such leaders include Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other principals of the Indian independence movement. They also include Nelson Mandela, who underwent trial for sedition in apartheid South Africa. He was convicted and imprisoned on Robben Island, only to emerge decades later to universal acclaim as the elected leader of a new rainbow nation. These leaders in India and South Africa (earlier remnants of the British Empire) had, like Anwar, been tried in public courts conducted under the scrutiny of the world s media, and with the informed observation of their trials, undertaken by experienced lawyers vigilant to detect, record and report any departures from basic justice and due process.
The trials of Gandhi, Nehru, Mandela (and of Kenyatta, Makarios and many others) certainly captured world attention. But none of them were quite like the trials of Anwar.
As Mark Trowell explains, in the generally dispa