On 3 October 2000, ABC (Australia) broadcast this powerful documentary about the sordid political circumstances surrounding Anwar Ibrahim's trial in 1999. This footage was digitized, compressed and uploaded on YouTube on 26 December 2007 - just in time for Malaysia's epochal 12th General Election. I first viewed the documentary sometime in 2001 on a VHS copy somebody lent me; and about a year ago I viewed all seven parts on YouTube.
I think this is an extremely well-researched and competently produced documentary that deserves to be permanently archived as a reminder to all Malaysians of the terrible evils of dictatorial misrule, a corrupt judiciary, and a politically compromised police force. Ten years later, it appears that little has changed.... or is that just a delusion on the part of the Barisan Nasional regime?
ANWAR'S TRIAL (Part 1)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 2)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 3)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 4)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 5)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 6)
ANWAR'S TRIAL (PART 7)
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (ABC Australia)
Malaysia - Trial of Anwar Ibrahim
Broadcast: 03/10/2000
Reporter: Evan Williams
[Compressed for webstreaming and uploaded by YouthMalaysian]
