But CJ was absent in court when Anwar spoke
Ferdtan: Walking out of the court room and not wanting to hear Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim delivered a long diatribe against the judges who convicted him, wasn’t that fleeing (cabut)?Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, if you think you have done your duty as a fair judge, with Allah as the witness, then you should be able withstand whatever Anwar was throwing at you and your fellow judges?
You would be at peace, with your conscience intact, knowing well that you had done your duty. So why was it so difficult to hear Anwar out?
But no, you and the rest of the judges chose to walk out. Isn’t it the same as ‘cabut’? Obviously the truth must hurt. After so many condemnations made against the judges’ unjust conviction of Anwar, from both locally and the rest of the world, the CJ must be feeling sensitive.
Anonymous #44199885: The scathing remarks against the judges for leaving when Anwar was addressing the court would not have been made, or given any prominence, or the subject of any discussion had the judges just stayed and listened to him despite the tense atmosphere.
It was always going to be tense considering the personality in the dock, the nature of the charges and the circumstances surrounding the crime itself.
Guna Otak: I thought that was the finest moment Anwar had in court. Those with guilty conscience dare not face Anwar but scamper away instead of using their authority to instruct Anwar to shut up. That is a clear demonstration of a guilty conscience.
Odin: Arifin, here are some of the many meanings of “flee” – abscond, absent oneself, be gone, beat it, beat a hasty retreat, bolt, bug out, bugger off, clear out, clear off, cut and run, cut out, do a disappearing act, do a bunk, do a runner, escape, fly, go through, head for the hills, leg it, light out, make a run for it, make off, make oneself scarce, make a quick exit, make one’s getaway, make a break for it, peel out, run off, run for it, run, run away, run away (from someone or something that is dangerous), scarper, scram, shoot through, show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle, skidoo, split, take to one’s heels, take a powder, take off, take flight, turn tail, and vamoose.
The five of you on the bench might not have sprouted wings and flown off, but you did make yourselves absent, and the speed at which you removed yourselves is immaterial; and, therefore, you did flee the room.
Abasir: When cabinet minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said “…the Chinese will continue to oppress the Malays”, he was not targeting the Chinese.
Similarly, when Arifin says “I bukan cabut, he means he did not flee the room. He just left the room quickly and took the other four with him.
And yes, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak reportedly met Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan just before the alleged sodomy to discuss a scholarship.
Ctizen With Conscience: Whether you ‘cabut’ by running away, or you skipped, jumped, hopped or tip-toed out of the court does not make a difference.
The fact remains you and the other judges left as soon as Anwar started to roar.
Legit: This is a new low in the Malaysian judiciary. Ariffin and his cohorts could not face the truth Anwar was lashing at them and ran away, as simple as that.
With this, the Malaysian judiciary has lost its moral authority and the respect of not just the Malaysians but people throughout the world.
Bersih@428: Anwar heard the CJ out. He complied. But the CJ did not. Why? Because your body language will show that what Anwar said was the truth.
JD Lovrenciear: Honour dictates that when a charged is speaking from the dock – whether fair or unfair the words, we stay and hear him or her out. Judicious dispositions demand that we remain impartial.
To vacate the bench is an expression of feelings, that is, that you do not take kindly to the words uttered.
The right approach is to let the limits of law take precedence and not stage a walkout as if to connote that you are reacting to it.
KJ: Why should PM offer ‘loser’ Anwar DPM post?
Capo: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, why are you being a busy body? Let Najib answer PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar’s claim that he offered Anwar the deputy prime minister’s post.
The fact that proxies like you are doing Najib’s bidding implies that what Nurul Izzah said is factual.
Siang Malam: Has Najib lost his tongue? Why does he need others to speak up for him?
VinceLim: Why would Najib want to give Anwar the DPM’s post when he can’t even take care of his own morals? Nurul Izzah is trying to reap sympathy by making ridiculous statements.
Gerard Lourdesamy: Let Najib deny it. The rationale behind the offer was to pry Anwar away from Pakatan Rakyat and then let Pakatan meet a natural death with the infighting between PAS and DAP. Umno does not want a two-party system taking hold of Malaysia. Period.
Bumiputhran: Khairy you were in Oxford. So was I. Have you heard of the phrase “co-opting to silence your opponent”?
You remember what happened to Hindraf chairperson P Waythamoorthy was elevated to deputy minister, silenced, given a desk and phone and directed to sit still twiddling his thumbs.
That was what Najib would have had in his mind with Anwar.
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