馬來西亞反對派人士被控煽動暴亂

A Malaysian politician has been charged with sedition for accusing the government of helping plot the sodomy conviction against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

N. Surendran, who is one of Anwar's lawyers, is the latest opposition politician to be charged under the Sedition Act, which rights groups say is oppressive.

Surendran said in an April that Prime Minister Najib Razak had conspired to help jail Anwar, who was convicted a month earlier of sodomizing a young male aide.

Anwar, who is Mr. Najib's chief rival, says the sodomy charges were made up by the government, which has been in power for the last 57 years.

The ex-deputy prime minister, who is free on appeal, says his lawyer has the right to speak about the government's alleged involvement in his case.

Human Rights Watch slammed the sedition charge. In a statement, the group said the move is "another blatant example of a draconian law being used to violate freedom of expression and silence critics."

It said Prime Minister Najib's 2012 pledge to scrap the law now has been exposed as "hollow rhetoric designed to deceive both Malaysians and the international community."一位馬來西亞政界人士被控煽動暴亂，證據是他指責政府幫助判定反對黨領袖安瓦爾犯有雞姦罪。

蘇仁德是安瓦爾的律師，他是當局依照煽動暴亂法起訴的又一位反對派政界人士。人權組織認爲這項法律是壓制性的。

蘇仁德4月說，納吉布總理以陰謀手段將安瓦爾送入監獄。在此一個月前，安瓦爾被判定曾雞姦一名年輕男助手。

安瓦爾是納吉布的主要對手。他表示，雞姦指控是政府捏造的。這個政府連續執政已經57年。

安瓦爾曾擔任馬來西亞副總理。他說，他的律師有權評論政府參與他的案件的情況。

人權觀察指責馬來西亞當局控告蘇仁德煽動暴亂。該組織發表聲明說，這一舉動再次顯示馬來西亞當局利用嚴酷法律來侵犯言論自由和壓制批評人士。

人權觀察說，納吉布2012年曾保證廢除煽動暴亂法，但現在暴露出他只是在用空話欺騙馬來西亞民衆和國際社會。