The Anwar Report
An independent legal view of the
criminal case against Anwar Ibrahim
Events prior to Anwar's arrest
On 12 September 1998, Mohamed bin Ahmad , private secretary to Anwar in the Deputy Prime Minister's office was arrested and held in communicado for 14 days. On 16 September 1998, Azimin Hj. Ali ( Anwar's private secretary in the Ministry of Finance) was detained by the police and held incommunicado for seven days. These men were questioned in detail about Anwar in what were clearly oppressive circumstances. The police are clearly instructd after Anwar's removal from office to question his associates and find information to justify his removal and to finish him off politically as well. For additional comments and views, please e-mail hakim_rakyat@hotmail.com |