Anwar: 8-fold increase in EC budget, polls loom - Will Anwar be doomed??

@ Malaysiakini

Anwar: 8-fold increase in EC budget, polls loom

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today queried the government over allegations that the Election Commission's budget will be bumped up to RM250 million next year.

Final bid to get Saiful's witness statement dismissed

The Federal Court today dismissed Anwar Ibrahim's appeal to obtain the witness statement of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, which was recorded by the police, in connection with the opposition leader's sodomy trial. The decision today exhausted the attempts by the Permatang Pauh MP to get the witness statement of Mohd Saiful, made under section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code.