The Abbott government loves Najib, says analyst.
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PETALING JAYA: PKR has no hope of support from Canberra in its Australian mission to champion Anwar Ibrahim, whose appeal against his sodomy conviction will be heard in the Federal Court next week.
This is the opinion of political science professor James Chin of Monash University.
“The Abbot government loves Najib,” Chin was quoted as saying in an article that appeared today in the Sydney Morning Herald.
He said Tony Abbot’s administration favoured Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government because of a long-standing view that Malaysia is a modern, Western, secular, like-minded power.”
But he added that the view was “based on a country that hasn’t existed for the last ten years.”‘
PKR’s seven-member delegation to Australia is headed by its secretary-general, Rafizi Ramli. According to a posting on the PKR President Wan Azizah Ismail’s Facebook, the mission is to update Australian parliamentarians of political developments in Malaysia.
The delegates would also address Malaysians in Australia in a series of forums in several cities, where they would provide information on Anwar’s court case and the recent sedition dragnet. The forums are organised by Malaysian Progressives, an organisation of students.
The delegation had a meeting with Australian MPs last Sunday. Yesterday, the delegation met with academics of the Australian National University in Canberra.
A meeting with the Australian Foreign Ministry is scheduled for today.
PETALING JAYA: PKR has no hope of support from Canberra in its Australian mission to champion Anwar Ibrahim, whose appeal against his sodomy conviction will be heard in the Federal Court next week.
This is the opinion of political science professor James Chin of Monash University.
“The Abbot government loves Najib,” Chin was quoted as saying in an article that appeared today in the Sydney Morning Herald.
He said Tony Abbot’s administration favoured Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government because of a long-standing view that Malaysia is a modern, Western, secular, like-minded power.”
But he added that the view was “based on a country that hasn’t existed for the last ten years.”‘
PKR’s seven-member delegation to Australia is headed by its secretary-general, Rafizi Ramli. According to a posting on the PKR President Wan Azizah Ismail’s Facebook, the mission is to update Australian parliamentarians of political developments in Malaysia.
The delegates would also address Malaysians in Australia in a series of forums in several cities, where they would provide information on Anwar’s court case and the recent sedition dragnet. The forums are organised by Malaysian Progressives, an organisation of students.
The delegation had a meeting with Australian MPs last Sunday. Yesterday, the delegation met with academics of the Australian National University in Canberra.
A meeting with the Australian Foreign Ministry is scheduled for today.
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