Steel-minded Kak Wan

Finally, Anwar was acquitted and the Justice had said that after going through all the evidence, the court could not be 100% certain the integrity of the DNA samples were not compromised and the court could not rely on the “so-called” victim’s testimony which was uncorroborated to convict Anwar. So this is the end of Sodomy II but we are not sure what will come up next, the sex scandal video maybe.

As Anwar was freed by the court, there were 3 explosions occurring outside the court complex, injuring a few and damaging some cars. It was so fortunate that no one was killed or else it will add another ugly incident to the more and more intense political development in the country. Who set up the explosives and why? Your guess is as good as mine but we may not even know who the actual culprits are. Just like Teoh Beng Hock’s suicide, was it really a suicide? Even the royal inquiry couldn’t tell us the truth, so be it, and your guess is as good as mine.

As Anwar was set free by the court, he thanked his wife Wan Azizah for standing by him and credited Karpal Singh as the intelligent defense counsel. In fact, Karpal before the court convicted Anwar, was so confident that he will walk a free man. As one of the experienced most lawyer in the country; he had probably found too many weakness or flaws on the prosecution side.

But Wan Azizah is such of an extraordinary woman. For so many years, she stands behind her husband despite all the humiliations of going through not other crimes but sodomy trials and all these years of sacrifices bring out the best of her strong character not normally seen on women politicians in this country. She reminded me of the Iron lady, Margaret Thatcher not for her political role but as a loving wife standing behind her husband.

When her husband Sir Denis Thatcher died in 1993, the Iron Lady had paid tribute to him in The Downing Street Years, writing "Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend". Perhaps Anwar should say the same thing; what a woman, what a wife, what a friend.