Leaders like Anwar Ibrahim deserves our support. It is he who had been repeatedly and helplessly been maligned, framed, vilified and punished by an opaque and merciless government that has abused the judiciary and bureaucrcy to perpetuate its rule.
Kevin Rudd has shunned Anwar to appease the Malaysian government. Julia Gillard has too much problems in her hands to bother about Malaysian human rights issues.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/rudd-accused-of-appeasing-malaysia-20091204-kb2p.html?skin=text-only
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/stories/200807/s2301012.htm
Recently, even Hilary Clinton avoided meeting Anwar during her visit to Malaysia.
"Clinton would speak to Anwar on the telephone but would not meet him face-to-face."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A11NE20101102
Why do western leaders not live up to their ideals when it comes to Malaysia? This country has practised deliberate racial discrimination against the minority ethnicities (Chinese and Indians) of the worst kind and corrupt to the core. Nonetheless, western governments are apologetic and willing to gloss over such abhorent behaviour. Is it merely because Malaysia has a democratic form of government and deemed a moderate Islamic country that we must bend backwards to accommodate?
Despite reassurance and promises (mostly broken judging from past track record) by the Malaysian government, we know that Anwar Ibrahim will not be given a fair trial.
On the other hand, Kevin Rudd welcomed a Uighur fraudster with terrorist links, Rabiya Kadeer, with open arms. This incomprehensive code of practice, or to put it bluntly hypocrisy, requires explanation.
Have a good weekend if you can be at peace with your conscience.
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