Kita pasti Mahathir dan kuncu2 beliau akan resah dengan resolusi ini. Lihatlah siapa yang akan melatah dalam sehari dua ini. Seperti biasa kerajaan akan menuduh Kerajaan A.S. cuba campurtangan dan menggugat ekonomi. Walau apapun - DUA RESOLUSI PENTING yang diutarakan oleh kongres ini tidaklah sesukar mana jika kerajaan Mahathir telus dan tidak berdusta. Sebaliknya, jika kerajaan membiarkan sahaja resolusi ini bergema, tunggulah apa akan jadi - tidak guna menyalahkan sesiapa, diri sendirilah segala punca purak puranda.

Sedikit Terjemahan Resolusi Kongress A.S.:

RESOLUSI

Sebagai menyatakan rasa hormat kepada Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Anggota Perwakilan mendapati seperti berikut:

1. Pada 2/9/1988, PM MAlaysia, Mahathir telah memecat TPM, DS Anar Ibrahim
   
   

2. Sebagaimana yang dilapurkan akibat dari perseslisihan faham politik, DSAI di tangkap pada 20/09/1998
   

3. Bila DSAI muncul di mahkamah, beliau memberitahu hakim bahawa beliau telah diberi layanan buruk pada malam pertama lagi beliau ditahan. (lebam dan pengsan - penterjemah)
   

4. Dr Mahathir telah memberi cadangan bahawa DSAI telah memukul dirinya sendiri untuk mendapatkan simpati umum
   

5. Pada 29/9/1998, DSAI di dakwa secara rasmi atas tujuh salahlaku korup dan seks, termasuk 4 tuduhan s*d*m* dimana ia ditambah satu lagi.
   
   

6. Dakwaan itu agak samar, begitu juga dengan saksinya yang berdusta, menyebabkan terdapat keraguan yang serius akan kesahihan tuduhan. Ia nampaknya sengaja direka untuk manjatuhkan maruah DSAI.
   
   

7. Pada 19/04/1999, DSAI telah didapati bersalah atas 4 tuduhan korup dan dihukum penjara 6 tahun.
   
   

8. Pada 8/8/2000, DSAI disabitkan kesalahan s*d*m* dan dijatuhkan hukuman tambahan 9 tahun lagi penjara.
   

9. Perbicaraan tersebut tercemar oleh beberapa keraguan, termasuk
   
   
   1. Keengganan hakim untuk membenarkan wakil media untuk hadir bila ada testimoni (pengakuan) yang memihak kepada sitertuduh.
      

   2. Arahan hakim yang mengharamkan sebarang warga Malaysia dari membincangkan samada Anwar bersalah ataupun tidak.
      

   3. Perubahan tarikh-tarikh yang didakwa kejadian S*d*m* itu dilakukan acap kali. Ia diubah bila disangkal bahawa bangunan tempat kejadian belum siap, dan ia juga diubah lagi bila diketahui Anwar berada di luar negara ketika tarikh tersebut.
      
      

   4. Hakim tersebut menerima pengakuan "sukarela" dari seorang saksi yang dilapurkan telah mengalami deraan fizikal dan saikologi semasa berada dalam tahanan polis sebelum memberi pengakuan.
   
   
   

10. Kerajaan Australia, New Zealand dan U.K. serta negara2 lain, termasuk E.U., telah mengutuk tindakkan kerajaan Malaysia menangani kes ini.
    
    

11. Amnesty International dan Human Rights Watch (Kumpulan Pemerhati Hak Asasi Manusia) menganggap Dato Seri Anwar sebagai tahanan politik.
    
    

12. Lapuran tahun 2000 Jabatan Hak Asasi Manusia Amerika Syarikat (United States Department of State Human Rights Report of 2000) telah menyatakan beberapa keraguan menyelubungi kes perbicaraan DSAI dan ia telah menunjukkan terdapatnya kepincangan dalam sistem kehakiman Malaysia.
    
    

13. Pemenjaraan DSAI menggambarkan prinsip demokrasi dan undang2 sudah dicabuli di Malaysia.
    
    

14. Tindakkan kerajaan dalm kes DSAI menggambarkan pencabulan prinsip demokrasi dan undang2 di Malaysia. Oleh itu ia telah merosakkan reputasi kerajaan Malaysia - dan ia juga akan mencederakan hubungan antara Kerajaan A.S. dan Kerajaan Malaysia.

1. Kerajaan Malaysia hendaklah memberi keadilan undang2 kepada DSAI samada dengan membicarakan beliau semula di bawah satu pengadilan yang adil dan saksama lagi telus atau memvuang sahaja semua pertuduhan tersebut
   
   

2. Semua rakyat Malaysia sepatutnya diberi hak asas mereka untuk menyatakan perasaan dan pandangan politik, tanpa perlu ditakutkan dengan tangkapan atau ugutan, dan mereka sewajarnya diberi keadilan dalm semua kes.
   
   

- TJ Kapal Berita -

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. (Introduced in the House)

HRES 658 IH

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and Mr. WEXLER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Whereas on September 2, 1998, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed dismissed Deputy Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim;

Whereas, reportedly as a result of political disagreements, Dato Seri Anwar was arrested on September 20, 1998;

Whereas when Dato Seri Anwar appeared at his arraignment, he told the judge of the severe mistreatment he sustained on his first night of detention;

Whereas Dr. Mahathir suggested that Dato Seri Anwar inflicted the injuries on himself in order to gain public sympathy;

Whereas on September 29, 1998, Dato Seri Anwar was formally charged with nine counts of corruption and sexual misconduct, including four s###my counts, to which another count was later added;

Whereas the vague nature of the charges, as well as the fact that several of the Government's witnesses recanted, cast serious doubt on the validity of the charges, which appear to have been fabricated to discredit Dato Seri Anwar;

Whereas on April 19, 1999, Dato Seri Anwar was convicted on four counts of corruption and sentenced to six years of imprisonment;

Whereas on August 8, 2000, Dato Seri Anwar was convicted of s###my and sentenced to an additional nine years in prison;

Whereas both trials were marred by serious irregularities, including--

(1) the refusal of the trial judge to allow representatives of news media to be present when testimony favorable to the defense was being given,

(2) the imposition by the judge of a national `gag order' prohibiting any Malaysian citizen from discussing the guilt or innocence of Dato Seri Anwar,

(3) the changing by the prosecution of the dates on which the alleged incidents of s###my were said to have occurred, after learning that the building where the incidents allegedly happened had not yet been built and again after learning that Dato Seri Anwar was not in the country on the revised date, and

(4) the admission by the trial judge of a `voluntary' confession from a witness who had reportedly suffered severe physical and psychological abuse at the hands of the police before giving his confession;

Whereas the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and other nations, as well as the European Union, have condemned the Malaysian Government's actions in this case;

Whereas international organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch consider Dato Seri Anwar to be a prisoner of conscience;

Whereas the United States Department of State Human Rights Report of 2000 highlights the irregularities surrounding Dato Seri Anwar's trial and the continued deterioration of the judiciary in Malaysia;

Whereas the imprisonment of Dato Seri Anwar represents a breakdown in democracy and the rule of law in Malaysia; and

Whereas the Government's actions in the case of Dato Seri Anwar represent a breakdown in democracy and the rule of law in Malaysia, and thus damage the international reputation of the Malaysian Government, and have the potential to harm relations between the Government of the United States and the Government of Malaysia: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--

(1) the Government of Malaysia should provide Dato Seri Anwar with due process of law either by offering him a new trial under fair and transparent procedures or by dismissing all charges against him; and