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Karpal singh lawyers weekly
Foreign role seen in end to Malaysian lawyer’s prosecution
Wilhelmson, Michael
Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 21, No. 47, April 19, 2002, page 8
On January 14, 2000, Karpal Singh, a prominent human rights lawyer, deputy chairman of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) and former opposition Member of Parliament was arrested on a charge of sedition under Malaysia’s edition Act 1948.
Karpal has been an outspoken critic of the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The charge stemmed from Karpal’s defence of a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar had been charged with crimes, the material ingredient of which were allegations of sodomy and adultery.
The prosecution has been widely regarded internationally as political.
In a brief submitted by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, lawyers Gail Davidson Tami Friesen and Michael Jackson, noted Karpal’s defence of Anwar on the sodomy harges was vigorous, going so far as to give