The Sessions Court was troubled that the certificate to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case to the High Court was signed by Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail despite the Prime Minister's statement assuring that the attorney-general would not be involved in the case.

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday (24 Sept) Pakatan Rakyat will send a letter to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on the transfer of power from Barisan Nasional to the opposition pact, and the request to convene a special parliament session.

I write this as a Malaysian, as someone who, over forty seven years of political life, has had the privilege of playing some small part in the formation our country, the building of its institutions, and our achievement of a degree of economic sufficiency.

The Sessions Court here will decide on 7 Oct whether to allow or reject the prosecution's application to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case to the High Court for trial.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Wednesday (24 Sept) condemns the decision by Malaysia's Home Minister to detain blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin for two years under the country's draconian Internal Security Act (ISA).

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's hopes of engineering a graceful departure on his own terms are fast fading in the face of widening discontent in the ruling United Malays National Organisation and the growing threat of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim taking over the government.

People's Progressive Party (PPP) president Datuk Dr M. Kayveas said, even if the BN government is eventually toppled, PPP will not join Pakatan Rakyat. Instead, he said, the party would stick to its political philosophies in its unique manner.

Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Monday (22 Sept) it is up to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to decide whether to hand over power before 9 Oct.

About 2,000 members from 15 branches of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) in Tanjung Papat have quit the party in a show of support for party deputy president Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah who was against the SAPP pulling out of the Barisan Nasional (BN).

When the Malaysian government evoked the draconian Internal Security Act last week and arrested three civilians--journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, opposition politician Teresa Kok and Internet news portal editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin--on charges of racial instigation, one immediately sensed that a man-made political tsunami is in the offing.