PUTRAJAYA, 7 Mar: Four days before the nomination for the N25 Kajang By-Election, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate for the area, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has been found guilty by the court in a case involving his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, today.
Survey by Selangor Kini on Twitter found that the people are doubting the actions of the judge and the prosecution who are seen as trying to speed up the case and hastily sentence him.
Most of the comments on Twitter also questioned the credibility of the leader of the prosecution tea, tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is deemed to be an Umno ‘friendly’ lawyer.
Justice Datuk Balia Yusuf Wahi who led the three-judge panel, announced its unanimous decision to cancel Anwar’s acquittal by the Kuala Lumpur High Court in January 2012.
The sentence is expected to cause Anwar to be no longer eligible to hold any political office and to not be able to contest in the N25 Kajang by-election on 23 March.
