Anwar: I may be arrested
The opposition leader tells a crowd of 20,000 at a Black 505 rally in Seremban that he may be branded a traitor
Zefry Dahalan, FMT
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim last night told of about 20,000 at a Black 505 rally in Seremban last night that he may be arrested soon and charged.
“I want to tell you…let (them) record this and hand it over to the Home Minister and the Prime Minister. Whatever your plan…to arrest me and to charge me because Anwar is a traitor to the…
“I’m not at all bothered. I don’t know what their plan is,” he told his audience, most of them youths who braved a heavy downpour to hear him.
“But I have one satisfaction that really touched me,” said Anwar. “I’m happy that the future of the country is guaranteed with youths.
“This is the spirit of the new Malaysia. Those present here tonight are the ones who have dignity, who love freedom and justice. They don’t bother about BR1M.
“We must throw the BN government out,” he told the cheering crowd.
Anwar has been on a nationwide tour holding rallies at major cities, wanting the BN government, to step down and allow Pakatan to assume power because of irregularities in the just concluded polls.
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Anwar also kept up his firing of salvos at Umno, the backbone of the ruling Barisan Nasional.
“Umno asked why I’m not stepping down…I have not stepped down because you cheated (in the elections).