Anwar’s 'sensational' journey must not be forgotten, says author

The Star

Long-standing rivalries, political treachery and bold initiatives in the rise of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim are chronicled in a book to ensure that these historical moments do not go forgotten.  The book, titled "Anwar's Triumphs - The Ascent of Malaysia's Tenth Prime Minister Against All Odds”, written by Australian criminal lawyer Mark Trowell KC, was launched  at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Sunday (Oct 29) by Anwar.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/rQRTY  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Longstanding rivalries, political treachery and bold initiatives in the rise of Prime Minister Datuk Sreyanu Ibrahim

00:09 are chronicled in a book to ensure that these historical moments do not go forgotten.

00:14 The book titled Anwar's Triumphs, the Ascent of Malaysia's 10th Prime Minister, Against All Odds,

00:26 written by Australian criminal lawyer Mark Travel, was launched at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

00:32 on Sunday by Anwar, accompanied by his wife, Datuk Sre Dr Wan Aziza Wan Ismail.

00:38 Travel, in his tribute to Anwar and Dr Wan Aziza, said that the story of Anwar's remarkable journey

00:44 must be told before memories become foggy.

00:47 The interest of this book, and the other books, the three other copies, is that they record for history what actually happened.

00:55 A contemporary account, rather than something written many years after the event when memories become foggy and forgetful.

01:03 Travel was an international observer during Anwar's legal fight against his alleged persecution.

01:09 He also recalled that as a criminal lawyer, he had to write about how former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

01:16 weaponised criminal charges to bring an end to Anwar's political career.

01:20 Who could believe that after so many years and several significant setbacks, and spending more than 10 years in prison,

01:30 he could end up as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

01:35 That's something to celebrate, isn't it?

01:40 If you look at the cover of the book, there are two people, two people in that photograph,

01:46 and I wanted them to be there because they're what social media call the ultimate power couple.

01:52 And together, this was their triumph.

01:56 Although, as Dr Si Wan Aziza told me, it was really the triumph for the Malaysian people, for the Reformasi movement.

02:04 It wasn't just a personal triumph.

02:08 The Prime Minister conceded when I interviewed him in January that he couldn't have done what he did,

02:13 or endure the hardships, without the support of his wife.

02:18 The book also narrated the events of what transpired when Anwar and his former foe,

02:23 Dr Mahathir, joined hands to win the 14th General Election.

02:27 Is there another book in the ring?

02:29 Well, four bricks is probably enough, surely.

02:32 But who knows? Malaysian politics is so unpredictable, anything can happen.

02:37 However, I hope for the people of Malaysia that their nation can thrive with an honest and stable government.

02:43 After so many years of turmoil, they deserve peace and prosperity.

02:48 Malaysia needs proper governance to restore its confidence in the future,

02:54 and why Ibrahim offers the best choice for it.

02:58 At the same event, Khatun-i Zuna, whose name is Zulkifli Anwar Haig,

03:02 also presented a video on the works of Zuna, Anwar triumphs.

03:06 He narrated why and how he drew the cartoons,

03:09 which became popular throughout the Reformasi movement period.

03:13 How come? So this is, this is take verbatim from record.

03:18 The full.

03:20 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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