Steven,
Thanks for reprinting the IHT story. An excerpt from it:
<<KUALA LUMPUR - The government's sex and corruption case against the
ousted deputy prime minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, appeared to suffer a setback Thursday as the prosecution's lead witness told a stunned courtroom that he would be willing to lie under oath if ordered to do so.
''If someone higher than the deputy prime minister were to instruct you to come and lie to the court here, would you do it?'' Mr. Fernando asked at one point Thursday.
''It depends on the situation,'' Mr. Mohamed Said replied. The only person
higher than the deputy prime minister is the prime minister, Mahathir bin
Mohamad.
The admission by the witness, Mohamed Said Awang, who is head of the
police intelligence unit known as the Special Branch, caused gasps in the
chambers and prompted the surprised judge to interrupt with the question:
''So you may lie?''
''I may, or I may not,'' Mr. Mohamed Said replied. At that admission, a lawyer
for Mr. Anwar, Christopher Fernando, replied, ''From your answer, you are a
most unscrupulous person.''>>
I put the following question to the thread: Is Said
a) stupid
b) mad
c) unscrupulous
d) suicidal
e) An Anwar supporter
f) the person that Diogenes was searching for long, long ago |
