Anwar not allowed to speak in Kelantan<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysian police in eastern Kelantan
\nstate refused on Thursday permit to allow ousted deputy premier
\nAnwar Ibrahim to hold a political forum, Bernama news agency
\nreported.<\/p>\n
The application, made by an unidentified individual late on
\nWednesday, was turned down as it failed to comply with
\nprocedures, state police spokesman Muhammad Muda said.<\/p>\n
Kelantan is the only Malaysian state ruled by an opposition
\nparty, the fundamentalist Parti Islam.<\/p>\n
\"The police have rejected the request because it did not
\nfollow procedures, such as submitting the application two weeks
\nbefore the gathering, \" he told Bernama in Kelantan's capital of
\nKota Bahru.<\/p>\n
He warned the public not to attend any illegal assemblies as
\nthey risk being charged under the Police Act.<\/p>\n
Anwar has embarked on a nationwide tour to drum up public
\nsupport, two weeks after his dismissal as deputy premier and
\nfinance minister and his subsequent expulsion from the ruling
\nUnited Malays National Organization.<\/p>\n
Stepping up pressure on the former cabinet minister accused in
\na sex-and-treason case, police on Wednesday detained Anwar's top
\npolitical aide, Mohamad Azmin Ali.<\/p>\n
Anwar said that he expected to be next but that authorities
\nwould probably wait until after the 16th Commonwealth Games in
\nKuala Lumpur, which end on Monday.<\/p>\n
The director of police criminal investigations, Yaacob Mohd
\nAmin, said Azmin would be remanded for a week under the Penal
\nCode.<\/p>\n
It was the fifth arrest in connection with a police
\ninvestigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, treason and
\ncorruption aimed at Anwar. The finance minister's removal
\ncoincided with the imposition of currency controls at odds with
\nhis free-market views.<\/p>\n
Among those arrested were a Pakistani national, a Malaysian
\nbusinessman and Anwar's former private secretary at the Finance
\nMinistry.<\/p>\n
Anwar, formerly heir-apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir
\nMohamad, has said that the arrests were part of a campaign to
\nincriminate him and foreshadowed his own arrest.<\/p>\n
Anwar's aides said on Thursday the former deputy prime
\nminister would stop in Kelantan state, ruled by the Parti Islam
\nSe-Malaysia (PAS), on Friday. Kelantan is the only state among 13
\nto be ruled by an opposition party.<\/p>\n
Anwar, once a firebrand Islamic youth leader, was to leave on
\nThursday for Pahang state to hold a public meeting, and would
\nalso address a gathering and attend Moslem Friday prayers in
\nTerengganu state.<\/p>\n
Anwar, who was sacked on Sept.2 and expelled from his
\npolitical party one day later, has been holding meetings at his
\nsuburban home in Kuala Lumpur which have drawn thousands of
\npeople. Police have not intervened although permits have not
\nbeen granted.<\/p>",
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