Between By-Election and Court Case

The Information Minister, Ahmad Shaberry said: -
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The media have been asked to be cautious in their reporting and not to link the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election with the sodomy charge against Parti Keadilan Rakayat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as they are different matters.
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http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080807/tts-ahmad-shabery-media-bm-pix-993ba14.html
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Dear Mr. Ahmad Shaberry,
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I know that you are a Minister of Information and I just thought that you should watch tv news and read newspaper more than others do simply because you are a Minister of Information.
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Mr. Ahmad Shabery,
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If you do bother to watch tv news and read newspaper, then you won’t end up making such a statement to the press. Let me just refresh your memory. After Dr. Wan Azizah tendered her resignation to give way to Anwar to contest in Permatang Pauh by-election, it was the BN especially UMNO leaders who link the by-election and the sodomy allegation. Among others,
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Muhyiddin Yassin said: -
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We hope voters will not be influenced by Anwar who may use the campaign to garner sympathy over the sodomy allegation.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/2/nation/21986206&sec=nation
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Hishammudin Hussein said: -
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Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengumumkan untuk bertanding pada pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh sebagai satu lagi helah untuk mengalihkan perhatian orang ramai ke atas kes liwatnya. (Translation: PKR Adviser, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim annuoced to contest in a by-election in Permatang Pauh as an attempt to deviate people’s attention on his sodomy case)
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http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/arkib.asp?y=2008&dt=0801&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=muka%5Fhadapan&pg=mh_07.htm&arc=hive
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Si Bedol aka Abdullah Badawi said: -
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Anwar tidak boleh menggunakan hasratnya untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil itu bagi melindungi dirinya daripada proses undang-undang yang sedang berjalan sekarang. (Translation: Anwar can’t use his wish to contest in the by-election as a protection for him from the legal process which is currently going on)
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http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/arkib.asp?y=2008&dt=0802&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=muka%5Fhadapan&pg=mh_04.htm&arc=hive
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This is the best of all…
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Worst still, this one is none other than Ahmad Shabery: -
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Jadi, yang bahaya ialah jika perundangan dipolitikkan dan yang politik dicampuraduk dengan undang-undang. Saya rasa biarlah dua saluran pertarungan yang terpaksa dihadapi Anwar itu berjalan mengikut saluran masing-masing (Translation: So, what is alarming here is if legal issue is being politicized and politic is mixed with legal issue. I think let the two fights that Anwar has to go through are done in its own channel)
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http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/arkib.asp?y=2008&dt=0804&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=politik&pg=po_02.htm&arc=hive
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So now Mr. Information Minister, my question is who is the one that link between Permatang Pauh by-election and the sodomy charge? The press or the government?