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SINGAPORE: US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice Thursday urged Malaysia to ensure a
“transparent” investigation into sex misconduct allegations
against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Malaysia has
accused the United States of meddling in its internal affairs by
raising concern over Anwar’s arrest last week on sodomy
charges—the same charge that saw him jailed a decade ago.
But Rice defended
the stance and said the United States would continue to speak out on
cases involving human rights and politics although it did so “in a
spirit of respect for Malaysia.”
“The United
States doesn’t recognize this very firm barrier that it is simply
internal affairs when a case of this kind comes up, but we are going
to continue to work with Malaysia,” she told reporters.
“One of the
things that we have said is that we want to see transparency and for
rule of law to be completely followed here.”
---AFP
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