Anwar Ibrahim Arrested

De facto leader of PKR, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested by police at 1.30pm, yesterday. This was an expected arrest, when Anwar Ibrahim does not show up in police station two days ago where he had promised to do so. However, police was under severe criticism as the time line given was until 2.00pm yesterday. Police sent special police force to arrest Anwar near his house because Anwar is suppose to go to KL Police HQ before 2.00pm but after leaving ACA HQ in Putrajaya, he was found heading to his house, instead of police station. Police has taken risk of losing integrity by arresting Anwar before 2.00pm because they do not want to arrest Anwar from his house, packed by ultra supporters, which will make the arrest looked even more dramatic and brutal, that may soon become international issue.

Anwar and PKR supporters gathered out side the police station and threaten to launch another round of "Reformasi", a mass street demonstration, repeating history decade ago. Anwar has repeatedly insisted that the accusation of sodomy is fabricated and malicious and blamed the present IGP and AG as figures behind the scene. This is the same accusation (sodomy) on Anwar that sent him to jail in 1998 and if he found guilty this time, he could be sent to prison for 20 years.

Anwar will surely launch his famous Reformasi again to gather support from the public, in facing apparatus of the government, especially the police force that he worried the most. The general public and opposition parties are upset and angry with the arrest and most of them believe Anwar is clean from the accusation. Two outcome will change the political game in this country.

1. Anwar found not guilty and prove that it is the IGP and AG behind the scene creating all the fabricated evidence, or even related it to Deputy PM Najib Tun Razak.

If this happen, the police and federal government will lost her entire integrity, causing BN to fall and PR to seize power. Anwar will become Prime Minister and starts a new chapter in Malaysia politics.

2. Anwar found guilty with concrete proof that he did sodomized Saifu, his male aide. This will create a political storm to PR. Politically, PAS has to draw a line with Anwar and PKR. PAS may demand the Selangor MB position or else they will withdraw from PR and cause Selangor PR government to fall.

BN then could easily get two or three state assemblymen to cross to BN and form a new BN government in Perak, another state to fall.

Without Anwar as De facto leader, PR will fall apart because DAP and PAS are just two different ideology party, one from Mars and another from Jupiter, they could not work together.

Sabah has no ground to shout at federal anymore and Yong Teck Lee is sure to get his "utmost" punishment.

Well, what ever happen politically, Anwar and his supporters will not give up easily. He will continue trying to get support from their allies, or even US government, to free Anwar. A same episode happen again in Malaysia.

The public for now tends to believe the 1st outcome. Just WHAT IF Anwar really proven for the sodomy charge? Can his supporters and fellow Malaysian accept the fact? Or we will be heading to a split country, again like 10 years ago....