Trial should not proceed without Najib, Rosmah

'If PM Najib and his wife, Rosmah, are not interviewed by Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers, how then can the case proceed?'

Anwar's lawyers yet to interview PM and wife

Sarajun Hoda: Is the government in trouble? Is truth finally catching up? One can end up lying a thousand times to defend a lie and still loses at the end. This could cost the PM the government if the half-baked prosecutors and judges do not find a quick way out.

Imagine the opposition lawyers grilling the high-profile witnesses. Movie directors should get ready - an interesting soap drama is in the making.

Righteous: All of the remaining witnesses are being given a lesson in amnesia by the recently discharged former PM. Be patient, Sankara Nair. Everything will be revealed in good time.

PM Najib Razak has better things to do, now that the fleet of Eurocopter Cougar helicopters are to be delivered soon.

Docs: If Najib and Rosmah are not interviewed by Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers, how then can the case proceed?

I'm sure Najib and Rosmah would not want to be grilled by Karpal Singh and gang on the witness stand. I guess that was why chief justice ended up in IJN (National Heart Institute) as he could have been told by his bosses in Umno to move the case along without Najib and Rosmah being called to the stand and get Anwar behind bars as soon as possible.

Expect yet another travesty of justice to happen here.

Anwar applies to disqualify sodomy trial judge, again

AnakMalaysia: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has every right to do this, and it is the right thing for him to seek a new judge.

This whole sodomy II episode has already a foregone conclusion - that Anwar must go to jail. That is why all efforts are made by Umno/BN to attack Anwar, day and night, using all available means and avenues.

Pakatan Rakyat must also use all available means and resources to ensure justice for Anwar and Malaysian taxpayers. These dirty political ploys are a waste of time, a waste of resources and a waste of taxpayers' money.

Cala: Under the circumstance, this is the right thing to do. If Anwar keeps his silence, it would be interpreted as him acceding to the conduct of the trial judge.

As rightly argued by Embong (2008) as found in Nelson et al (2008) eds. 'Globalisation and national autonomy: The experience of Malaysia', there is hardly any distinction between 'the state' and the government of the day after a long period of rule by Umno-led BN regime. The government has in fact, conflated with the state (the judiciary and the bureaucracy, etc) in a 'developmentalist state'.

In such a situation, the wishes of PM Najib shall be implemented by the said trial judge faithfully.

Adcin: Good move by Anwar. If the government feels it fit to waste the rakyat's time with this nonsensical trial, Anwar should waste more time and put judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah also in the dock for his incredible decisions.

Loyal Malaysian: Yes, Anwar's legal team must try every and any conceivable legal maneuver to get another judge to hear the next phase of the trial.

Of course, there's no guarantee even in the unlikely event that Anwar's team succeed this time, he'll get a judge who's fair and just and willing to hear the case based sole on its merits, rather than a pre-set script.

Docs: Fat chance that will happen. Anyhow it's worth a shot, Anwar.

- Malaysiakini