Australian MPs to Malaysia: "Drop Charges Against Anwar"

Well done to Michael Danby, the chairperson of the Australian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, who delivered a letter to the Malaysian High Commissioner yesterday demanding that the Malaysian judiciary drop the sodomy charges against Anwar Ibrahim.

The letter contained signatures from 50 Australian Members of Parliament (MPs).

It won't surprise me if, in the next few days, the Barisan Nasional government will start protesting against Australia for its perceived 'interference' in Malaysia's judicial system.

Please stand firm, Michael, because your support, and the support of all the 50 Australian MPs, against this trumped-up sodomy charge, means a lot to the people of Malaysia.

It means that the Malaysian people will no longer feel that their fight for democracy goes unheeded in the rest of the world, that for once, the Malaysian people can rely on their friendly neighbor, Australia, for support in doing the right thing.  Thank you to Australia.