[Sakit Anwar sekali lagi mungkin menyebabkan Mahathir sakit juga. Anwar telah membuat satu permohonan rasmi agar jabatan penjara menyediakan kemudahan untuk beliau pergi ke klinik di Jerman untuk rawatan 'slipped disc' segera dan akan mengambil tindakkan undang-undang jika tuntutan itu tidak dilayan segera. Jika tiada tindakbalas atau jawapan langsung dari Omar, ketua pengarah penjara, Anwar akan memohon agar mahkamah tinggi mengarahkan Omar untuk mengatur perjalanannya dan mungkin akan menyaman jika keadaan sakitnya semakin teruk dan memeritkan.

Kerajaan sepatutnya memikirkan faktor kesihatan SAHAJA kerana itulah yang terlebih utama. Anwar tidak sepatutnya dibiarkan menderita atau didera hanya kerana fahaman politiknya yang berbeda atau tidak disenangi kerana beliau hanya meminta haknya dari segi undang-undang dan moral sebagai pesakit SAHAJA mengikut saluran undang-undang yang ada. Keadaan Anwar kini sudah semakin kronik dan beliau sudah mula menghadapi kesan sampingan ubat penahan sakit yang menyebabkan tangannya membengkak.

Sepatutnya Anwar tidak dihantar ke penjara oleh Dollah Badawi yang tidak berhati perut itu. Jika Anwar lumpuh kerana dilengahkan bukan sahaja Dollah akan terkena, malah Mahathir juga akan 'lumpuh' juga kerana rakyat yang memerhati akan merasa amat terhiris lagi sakit hati. Jika ini berlaku polis dan askar pun tidak akan mampu membendung kebangkitan rakyat walaupun datang berkawal lengkap bersenjata kerana rakyat Serbia sudah membuktikannya. Rakyat Malaysia apa kurangnya kerana mereka sebenarnya boleh - mereka cuma belum lagi mencuba. Lihatlah krisis Nanyang kerana pembayangnya ada disana.....
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Malaysia Anwar Sets Deadline For Permission To Go Abroad

KUALA LUMPUR (AP)--Jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim will sue Malaysia's prisons chief unless he is allowed to travel overseas for medical treatment within a week, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Upping pressure on the government in a long-running battle to be allowed abroad, Anwar made a formal application to the prisons department to begin preparations for him to go to a clinic in Germany for treatment on a slipped disc and threatening legal action if it doesn't comply swiftly.

In a letter to Malaysia's Director-General of Prisons Omar Muhammad Dan, Anwar's lawyer Sankara Nair said the official was "on notice" to act within seven days. The letter was dated April 12.

If there is no response, Anwar will ask the High Court to order Omar to arrange the trip and may sue the official for damages if the former deputy prime minister's health worsens.

Doctors say Anwar needs surgery on his back and risks permanent disability unless he gets it soon. But Anwar and the government are in dispute about the type of surgery and where it can occur.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said a ban on Anwar going overseas for treatment is final, ignoring pleas from his former protege's family, the opposition and Malaysia's government-appointed human rights commission which says Anwar has the right to choose his mode of treatment.

Anwar, who says the injury was caused in part by a 1998 police beating, wants endoscopic surgery and has lined up specialist surgeon Dr. Thomas Hoogland of the Alpha Klinik in Munich.

The government says Anwar should accept less specialized surgery performed locally, or bring Hoogland to Malaysia. Hoogland says he can't operate in Malaysia,

The opposition has accused the government of being vindictive against Anwar.

In his letter, Sankara said Anwar's condition was worsening, and that his hands had swelled as a side effect of pain relieving drugs.

Anwar's "misery cannot and should not be allowed to perpetuate," Sankara's letter said. "He ought not be made to suffer or be punished for merely demanding his legal and moral right to his choice of doctor and mode of treatment."

Omar was duty bound to arrange Anwar's trip, "without any other considerations including political considerations."

A prison official wasn't immediately available to comment.

After grooming Anwar as his successor, Mahathir fired his deputy in 1998 amid disputes over how the government should handle the Asian economic crisis. Anwar was later convicted of s###my and corruption and is serving 15 years in prison. He claims the charges were designed to quash his threat to Mahathir. The government denies a conspiracy.

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Malaysia's Anwar appeals for surgery abroad as condition worsens

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (AFP) - Jailed Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has made a fresh appeal to be allowed to undergo spinal surgery overseas because his condition is deteriorating, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Counsel Sankara Nair told AFP he had submitted a letter Tuesday to the director-general of prisons for Anwar to be "released under licence" and for arrangements to send him to Germany for surgery within a week.

Anwar's doctors had advised him that his condition would not improve without surgery and that a prolonged delay could lead to "certain disabilities and even paralysis," the lawyer said.

The letter said the former deputy premier would seek legal action to enforce his rights if the prisons department rejected the application.

It noted the support given by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia last month for Anwar to have surgery at a specialist spinal clinic in Munich.

The letter said Anwar was "still in pain everyday" having been moved back to prison last month after more than five months in hospital.

"Only strong medication is keeping the pain at bay and side effects of some of the drugs administered is apparent where there is now noticeable water retention and swelling of his hands," it added.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad last month said his decision to refuse his former deputy permission for surgery overseas was final, despite a guarantee from Anwar that he would return to Malaysia after the operation.

Anwar is serving a total of 15 years for abuse of power and s###my but maintains he is a political prisoner. He has become the symbol of opposition to Mahathir, who completes 20 years in office in July.