Three top government officials are to speak next week at a seminar on good governance and rule of law in Malaysia. They are Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail and former chief justice Abdul Hamid Mohamad - will be speaking next Wednesday in a seminar hosted by bipartisan foreign policy think-tank Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The visit by the three individuals comes in the wake of the controversial second sodomy trial of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim which has drawn some criticism from the Washington establishment when John Kerry, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had on Monday issued a statement questioning the sodomy charge. The statement was as follows:
"The current charges closely mirror the ones levied years ago, and have been brought soon after Anwar's resumption of his role as elected member of parliament and leader of the parliamentary opposition."
The visit by the three individuals comes in the wake of the controversial second sodomy trial of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim which has drawn some criticism from the Washington establishment when John Kerry, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had on Monday issued a statement questioning the sodomy charge. The statement was as follows:
"The current charges closely mirror the ones levied years ago, and have been brought soon after Anwar's resumption of his role as elected member of parliament and leader of the parliamentary opposition."
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