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15th May 2009, 09:29 PM
The Malay Dilemma
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Friday, 15 May 2009 17:15
By Ian Buruma (The New Yorker)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s voice was barely audible above the background din of chattering guests and a cocktail-bar pianist at the Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Anwar — who had rebounded from six years in prison on corruption and sodomy charges to become the best hope for a more democratic, less corrupt Malaysia — speaks softly. He is still under constant surveillance, he said. More… (http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/21921/84/)
Posted by admin
Friday, 15 May 2009 17:15
By Ian Buruma (The New Yorker)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s voice was barely audible above the background din of chattering guests and a cocktail-bar pianist at the Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Anwar — who had rebounded from six years in prison on corruption and sodomy charges to become the best hope for a more democratic, less corrupt Malaysia — speaks softly. He is still under constant surveillance, he said. More… (http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/21921/84/)