KUALA LUMPUR 21 Jan: Peguam negara mengguna hukum rimba apabila
memfailkan rayuan terhadap pembebasan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, kata
Naib Presiden KEADILAN, N Surendran.
Beliau merujuk kenyataan Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail yang menyatakan
kononnya rayuan tersebut difailkan berdasarkan kepada bukti keterangan
dan undang-undang.
“Yang nyata rayuan ini bermotifkan politik, secara tidak sah dan
dipengaruhi oleh keputusan pemerintah BN. Sekiranya pejabat peguam
negara meneruskan rayuan berdasarkan keterangan dan undang-undang, tidak
akan ada rayuan difailkan terhadap pembebasan ini.
The last-minute filing by the Attorney General’s chambers to
appeal against the January 9 acquittal of parliamentary Opposition
Leader Anwar Ibrahim of the sodomy charge has been described as
politically motivated.
“When the appeal was made, I thought it was more of a political decision.
"Why was the verdict involving Abdul Razak Baginda not appealed? That
was a bigger case as it affected the country's reputation at the
international level,” said PAS lawyer Hanipa Maidin (pic), referring to
the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu involving Razak, the
former aide to prime minister Najib Razak, and two others.
Razak was however acquitted in October 2008 of the murder charge
without having to enter defence, while the two others had been found
guilty and sentenced to death.