Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice delivered a punch to the Malaysia government that US will continue to speak out in legal cases such as that of Anwar’s sodomy allegation and urged Malaysia to be transparent and follow the rule of law in dealing with the case.

She also rejected the Government’s claim that the Anwar case is an internal affair.

"We are always going to speak up on human rights cases, political cases, but again we do so in a spirit of respect for Malaysia." […]

"Part of the comfort level or the confidence that states need to bring to the international system is that their judicial systems are indeed responsive to rule of law, transparent and fair."

"Even-handed application of the rule of law is very important." […]

No wonder even Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong couldn’t resist the opportunity to chid the instability scenario in Malaysia.

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