Wikileaks: US envoy says Umno abused security laws, institutions

Wikileaks: US envoy says Umno abused security laws, institutions
The United States ambassador here, told Washington in 2008 that Malaysia was facing a "political crisis" of UMNO's control and abuse of security institutions and national security laws to remain in power caused.
U.S. Ambassador James R. Keith said in a leaked cable, released by the whistleblower site Wikileaks by Malaysia Today news portal, that "in good times UMNO can control the distribution of power and money to get what they (but) in bad times, he wants to talk using the stick, and now is called intimidation. "

The document, which is calculated by the U.S. ambassador to the signing, that UMNO "controlled" security institutions like the military and the police through the appointment of "party stalwarts" to head these institutions. The cable said that while the army would remain "loyal" to legitimate leadership, the police, on the other side took direct orders from UMNO.

"UMNO leaders have joined forces behind, but in a sense, with Prime Minister (Tun) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, made it clear that they are willing to blacken Malaysia chair at the end of opposition leader (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim political challenge to ensure ", the cable said, referring to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leader ongoing sodomy trial, where he worked with sodomy, an ex-consultant on 26 Was collected June 2008.

"The ruling elite retains control stalwarts of the security apparatus by party, the security institutions, especially the police, but also the military running. We believe that to remain the military loyal to legitimate leadership is not likely, tool, a elected, and royally-approved tilt Malay-led government from either the ruling or opposition side. The police, on the other side, follow orders from the ruling party.

"The 'command-style" arrest of Anwar last week, the roadblocks and security checkpoints throughout the city of Kuala Lumpur, the recent arrest of blogger Raja Petra (Kamaruddin), intimidation of Sabah politicians and the authorities of shrill rhetoric, part of a broad message the Malaysian people that they better not in UMNO today was available. In today's Malaysia can do it by along (and of course you can go further than Malay instead of a Chinese or Indian), but it is also true that one can be operated, "said the U.S. cable.
The cable added that the UMNO national security as a means to the party's "superiority" to protect and ensure that the opposition can not take over the reins of power defines the federal government.

"Now the criminal is exposed as a political tool as useful, if the ruling party as the national security law.

"UMNO leaders can not grasp the consequences of upping the ante, to hear what we say but do not understand well enough how difficult will it be for them the shadows they cast are in the country to overcome. You no doubt were thinking they would choose the more palatable way of dealing with criminal law and thus the sodomy charge, rather than arrest Anwar as a matter of national security under the Internal Security Act. But contrary to their intent, many into the international community to take this as an escalation, "said the cable.

The document states that have at this time, the Barisan Nasional (BN) government "failed", the majority of Malaysians and the international community that Anwar's sodomy trial was not politically motivated to convince.

"The authorities tell yourself, the fiction on a daily basis in the pages of the local press, and barely one in 10 Malaysians in buying the party line tells us of a survey," said the cable.

The report recommends that the U.S. "exploit" every opportunity for "significant bilateral exchanges," the BN government to ensure understanding of the costs for the "efforts to reduce the rule of law."
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