Critics agree that much of Southeast Asia desperately needs judicial reform and rule of law. Yet, there is remarkably little comparative scholarship on law and legal institutions in the region. In this blog, I'll follow constitutional developments in Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Prosecuting from a compromised position
A quick update on the Anwar "homosexuality" trial in Malaysia. One of the government prosecutors allegedly had a sexual affair with a key Anwar witness. This is the same key former aide who accused Anwar of sodomizing him. That compromises the prosecution's case a bit, to say the least. Here are articles from the Economist and Tribune.
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