The Federal Reserve Unit and police keep Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's supporters at bay while he is taken to prison. Human rights group Suaram has issued a statement condemning the verdict. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Mukhriz Hazim, February 10, 2015.Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s conviction in a “preposterous trial” that has been universally condemned proves Malaysia’s criminal justice system is frail and Barisan Nasional (BN) is desperate to remain in power at all costs, human rights group Suaram said today.

Suaram programme coordinator Serene Lim said that Anwar’s legal team had raised serious questions that were “swiftly and unjustly dismissed” by the judges, including the meeting between the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the alleged tampering of the DNA evidence, and Saiful’s medical report which showed no sign of anal penetration.

“Although the Federal Court’s decision is deeply regretted, it however, attests to general conviction on the frailty of our criminal justice system,” said Lim in a statement today.

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