Hi readers
9th January 2012 is the day to determine either DS Anwar will be freed or jailed for the sodomy II case trial. All the people which set to gather Kuala Lumpur Court Complex car park are allowed in as early as 6.05am. This is what the “Perhimpunan Bebas Anwar 901” called.
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11.30am: Crowd has dispersed save for a few stragglers waiting for police to open roads.
11am: Ceramah at Masjid Wilayah called off after multiple explosions heard in the area.
Police, using a loudhailer, are urging the crowds to disperse for safety reasons. Crowd slowly disperses and leaves the court complex area.
Sniffer dogs have been employed by police at the scene of the first two blasts.
10.50am: Police have received reports of a third explosion. They have cordoned off the site with police tape.
10.35pm: Kuala Lumpur CPO DCP Mohamad Salleh says police are investigating two explosions at the car park about 400m from court complex. The bomb squad and forensics team are at the scene.
10.30am: Mohd Saiful has tweeted that he remains calm over the verdict.
Thousands of supporters have filled out the road in front of the government complex near the court house. A slew of PKR junior leaders are giving speeches now. The supporters have to be content with sitting on the road as police have barred entry into Masjid Wilayah, where Anwar and other Pakatan leaders are meeting supporters who made it in.
Anwar earlier addressed crowd at the car park. He hailed his acquittal and urged the crowd to disperse peacefully.
10.10am: Anwar is heading towards the mosque, where he will be addressing his supporters.
10.05am: Anwar leaving the court complex amidst a sea of supporters who are cheering him on. He thanks Wan Azizah for standing by him and credits Karpal Singh as the intelligent defence counsel.
10am: Anwar supporters have formed a long human chain to give him and other Pakatan leaders unimpeded access to the mosque. Traffic is smooth for now, hardly any cars. Part of the crowd has moved off to the mosque or gone home, but still many in front of the court house to greet Anwar.
9.40am: PKR Youth wing members and other supporters waiting for Anwar to emerge from the court house, and are most likely going to escort him to Masjid Wilayah.
Other supporters assemble and sit in front of the complex main gate to cheer and celebrate Anwar’s acquittal.
9.30am: Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah – “After going through the evidence, the court could not be 100% certain that integrity of DNA samples was not compromised, and finds that it is not safe to rely on DNA evidence.
“As such, court is left only with Saiful’s testimony. As this is a sexual crime, the court is reluctant to convict based entirely on Saiful’s testimony, which is uncorroborated. The accused is thus acquitted and discharged.”
Sodomy II: Anwar not guilty
9.25am: High Court acquits and discharges Anwar of sodomy charge. He hugs his family, Wan Azizah is in tears. Lawyers shake hands. Crowd outside breaks into cheers and chants as the court decision is known.
9.20am: Court proceedings are starting. Anwar now puts on a coat.
9.10am: Crowd situation outside court complex under control, situation is calm. People settle down as a few lower-rung Pakatan leaders start giving ceramahs in support of Anwar.
8.55am: PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang has just entered the court grounds, sparking another media melee outside. The situation however is under control as members of the party’s Unit Amal had paved the way earlier.
8.50am: Anwar, dressed in a blue long-sleeved shirt and black slacks, is in the courtroom. His wife Wan Azizah is dressed in a floral baju kurung. Anwar goes around shaking hands with lawyers.
8.45am: The prosecution team has entered the court.
Anwar, swarmed by the press, is smiling and appears to be in a good mood. He’s inside the court complex now going up the lobby.
8.30am: Anwar has arrived at the court complex. The crowd breaks out into frenzied cheering and chants of “Reformasi”.
8.10am: Karpal Singh, Azmin Ali arrive, sending crowd into frenzy of chants and cheers.
Court staff, lawyers and clients told to use back entrance to get into court.
8am: A team of medics from the Health Ministry seen on fifth floor of the building, with a wheelchair.
7.50am: Police are thoroughly checking the bags of those coming into the court complex. They are also being very polite.
PKR’s Subang MP R. Sivarasa, Datuk S. Ambiga, A. Samad Said and Maria Chin Abdullah have arrived at the building.
7:45am PKR VP Tian Chua is addressing the crowd at the car park using a hailer.
7.30am: Traffic along Jalan Khidmat Usaha (main road to Court Complex at a crawl as motorist start going to work.
There are a few thousand people outside the court house. Court proceedings expected to start at 9.30am.
7.25am: The crowd has grown to a few thousand. Rally participants have started chanting “Reformasi!” and other pro-Pakatan Rakyat slogans while holding up placards and wearing masks bearing Anwar’s visage.
7.15am: Traffic flow is smooth near the Jalan Duta court complex. No road bloacks. Police managing flow of traffic and people at intersection turning into the court complex.
7.00am: Rally participants continue streaming into the car park rally venue from Masjid Wilayah across the road. People carrying placards allowed into the court complex. Police tell them only placards saying “Bebas Anwar” (Free Anwar) not allowed.
6.45am: There was no roadblocks on the any of the roads to the High Court complex here early Monday morning.
Police blocked the road turning into the High Court but never restricted anyone from gathering outside along the road side and curb.
6.05am: the crowd was finally allowed to enter the car park area outside the court complex.
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