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"Anwar Deftly Navigates Shoals of Malaysian Crisis".

Ibid.

John Funston, "A Fateful September", p. 168.

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", a letter from Sungai Buloh Prison, 3 November 1998, p. 7.

In-Won Hwang, Personalized Politics: The Malaysian State Under Mahathir, p. 293.

Interview with Musa Hitam, 1 April 2008.

In-Won Hwang, Personalized Politics: The Malaysian State Under Mahathir, p. 296.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 41.

John Funston, "A Fateful September", p. 166.

Straits Times, 30 June 1998, cited in "A Fateful September", p. 167.

John Funston, "A Fateful September", p. 166.

"Malaysia: The Feud", Business Week, 9 November 1998, http://www.businessweek.com/1998/45/b3603032.htm (accessed 13 April 2009).

In-Won Hwang, Personalized Politics, p. 298.

"Anwar Backs Zahid's Call on Contests for Top Posts", Star, 11 May 1998, cited in Personalized Politics, p. 300, fn 80.

"'I Never Threatened the PM'", Asiaweek, 18 September 1998, p. 50.

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", p. 8.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 65.

In-Won Hwang, Personalized Politics: The Malaysian State Under Mahathir, p. 301.

Ibid., pp. 301-302.

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", p. 8.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 66.

John Funston, "A Fateful September", p. 170.

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", pp. 9-10.

"Mahathir Discusses Malaysia's Economic Crisis", Time Asia Magazine: Malaysia Archives, originally published 15 June 1998, http://time.com/asia/2003/mahathir/mahathir980615_intvu.html (accessed 1 November 2006).

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 77.

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", p. 11.

"Affidavit — Anwar Sodomised Man 15 Times", Malay Mail, 3 September 1998, http://global.factiva.com/ha/default.aspx (accessed 31 March 2008).

"Affidavits Accepted by High Court", Malay Mail, 4 September 1998, http://global.factiva.com/ha/default.aspx (accessed 31 March 2008).

Anwar Ibrahim, "From the Halls of Power to the Labyrinth of Incarceration", p. 14.

Ibid., p. 14. A tape recording and transcript of the Supreme Council meeting, which were widely circulated, showed a small number speaking in support of Anwar. Email correspondence with John Funston, 6 April 2009.

In-Won Hwang, Personalized Politics: The Malaysian State Under Mahathir, p. 305.

Ibid., p. 307.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 105.

Statutory Declaration by Dr. Munawar Ahmad Anees, parts 1, 2 and 3, published 3 December 1998, http://www.c20.org/malaysia/democracy/reports/981203_stat_dec_munawar_01.htm (accessed 19 February 2008).

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 106.

Satwant Singh and Sujatani Poosparajah, "We were Sodomised", New Straits Times, 20 September 1998.

Ibid.

"FAC News Unveils What the Royal Commission Uncovered", 4 March 2002, http://www.freeanwar.net/jan2002/facnews040302.htm (accessed 12 April 2009).

John Funston, "The Legacy of Dr. Mahathir", Australian Financial Review, 30 July 2004.

Rehman Rashid, "The Politics of Contempt", 17 December 1998, http://members.tripod.com/Anwarite/rehman.htm (accessed 3 March 2008).

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 114.

Statutory Declaration by Dr. Munawar Ahmad Anees, part 3.

"Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia 2000", a report on behalf of the International Bar Association, the ICJ Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and the Union Internationale des Advocats, pp. 60, 77.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, p. 132.

"Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia 2000", p. 59.

Ibid., p. 48.

Resolution adopted unanimously by the IPU Governing Council at its 174th Session (Mexico City, 23 April 2004), cited in "Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", a "Report on Datuk Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim's Appeal against Conviction Observed on Behalf of the Australian Bar Association and International Commission of Jurists", by Mark Trowell, QC, INSAF, Journal of the Malaysian Bar (2005) XXXIV no. 1, p. 37.

"Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia 2000", pp. 44-45.

Dalilah Ibrahim and Chelsea L.Y. Ng, "'I WAS A SEX SLAVE'", Star, 3 December 1998.

Shamsul A.B. and Wendy A. Smith, "Serious Issues, Popular Desire: Paradoxes of Mahathir's Morality", in Bridget Welsh, ed., Reflections: The Mahathir Years (Washington: Southeast Asia Studies Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2004), pp. 43-44.

Rehman Rashid, "The Politics of Contempt".

"Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia 2000", pp. 45-46.

Ibid., p. 46.

Ian Stewart, The Mahathir Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk, pp. 167-168.

"Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 27.

"The Anwar Appeal", press release by Param Cumaraswamy, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, 22 April 2003, cited in "Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 30.

Letter to Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, Chief Justice, from Param Cumaraswamy, dated 20 June 2003.

"Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 64, fn 1.

Anwar Ibrahim's 21 August 2003 press statement, cited in "Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", pp. 29-30.

"The Anwar Appeal", cited in "Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 31.

"Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 19.

"Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia 2000", p. 77.

Param Cumaraswamy, Vice-President, International Commission of Jurists, quoted in 3 September 2004 press release, "Malaysia: ICJ Welcomes Ruling in Anwar Appeal".

"Anwar Ibrahim's Long Struggle for Justice", p. 20.

Leslie Lopez, "Malaysian Court Reverses Anwar Sodomy Conviction", Asian Wall Street Journal, 3 September 2004.

"Thinking Allowed: No Deal Between Pak Lah and Anwar", Aliran Monthly, 2004: 8, http://www.aliran.com/monthly/2004/8i.html (accessed 26 January 2006).

Transcript of Anwar Ibrahim trial before Judge Ariffin Jaka, 12 June 2000, pp. 2034-2040.

"Abuse of Power Over Corruption Probe: No", Straits Times, 9 April 2008.

Interview with Param Cumaraswamy, 16 January 2008.

Part III

Turmoil in Retirement

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A Bare-Knuckle Brawl Over One Man's Legacy

When he retired on 31 October 2003, Dr. Mahathir said he was finished with politics. He declined an offer to remain in the Cabinet as a "senior minister",[1] an arrangement pioneered by Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew that enabled him to keep tabs on his successors. Dr. Mahathir had begun writing his memoirs while he served out his 16-month notice,[2] and looked forward to finishing them and accepting invitations from abroad that work commitments had hitherto precluded. He promised not to interfere in Malaysian government affairs. "No, I have already made it very clear that when I leave, I leave completely," he said.[3]

Dr. Mahathir