Right from day one Anwar Ibrahim was driven to Sungai Buloh prison, some 'Pak Pandir' were already talking about a 'special cell' prepared for his 5-year stay.
Some even said the Opposition Leader's cell is fully-furnished with refrigerator, a television set and a bath tub. He is also given a cellular phone to communicate with the outside world.
I am not sure how such a picture was narrated!
Some even said the Opposition Leader's cell is fully-furnished with refrigerator, a television set and a bath tub. He is also given a cellular phone to communicate with the outside world.
I am not sure how such a picture was narrated!
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 12 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is not being given any special treatment in Sungai Buloh Prison while serving his sentence for the offence of sodomising his former aide.I guess that's what excites some party to conclude that Anwar was not going to jail but to a 'vacation'!
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in stating this, stressed that all prisoners were treated equally as provided by law and the prison regulations.
"I wish to confirm this (no special treatment for Anwar) here," he said when asked by reporters about concerns expressed by some quarters that Anwar could be given special or extraordinary treatment by the Prisons Department while incarcerated.
Ahmad Zahid had earlier officiated at the ministry's monthly assembly which was also attended by Prisons Department director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim.
The Federal Court had on Feb 10, rejected Anwar's final appeal against his conviction and five-year jail sentence for sodomising his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, on June 26, 2008.