I refer to the Malaysiakini report Anwar files libel suit against aide.

Out of sheer desperation, the Barisan Nasional government is now employing dirty tactics to thwart Anwar Ibrahim's chances of becoming prime minister of Malaysia.

Certain people in high places within the ruling party hatched a plot to plant a mole in Anwar's office to spy on his activities, and now we learn that one person has made a police report against Anwar for allegedly sodomising him.

Being the brilliant politician that Anwar is, I do not for one moment believe that he would be so foolish as to jeopardise his chances of becoming the leader of this country by involving himself in this criminal act.

Come to think of it, are there not rumours bandied around that a certain minister within the cabinet has got lesbian tendencies?

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has compromised his neutrality with regards to Anwar's police report by suggesting that a person who is accused of a crime will always deny it and plead innocence.

Abdullah even went on to say that he is certain that his good friend Najib Razak is not involved in this matter.

It is my contention that the Narisan government is trying to silence its critics by persecuting people such as Anwar Ibrahim and the well-respected blogger, Raja Petra Kamaruddin who has been continually divulging the very dark secrets of this very corrupted government.

From time to time even this news portal (Malaysiakini) has been taken to task for it's unbiased reporting; which leads me to enquire as to whether the case of the reporter whose computer went missing at parliament house has been solved and compensation made to her.

Anwar Ibrahim would be well advised to stay out of circulation until it can be confirmed that all charges against him have been dropped and that his personal safety can be guaranteed by the ruling administration. Likewise, I hope that Raja Petra will remain vigilant at all times to safeguard his own personal safety, as we are all living in very dangerous times.

The despotic regime that is ruling this country has taken Malaysians for fools all these years, but thanks to the advent of the Internet, we Malaysians have become much wiser and can differentiate between right and wrong.

Why does the ruling government always have to justify all their actions? For example, they had to justify to the people of Penang that it was not an act of vengeance when they canceled their monorail and outer ring road projects.

This time round, the government claims that the police report made against Anwar is not politically motivated.

Finally, may I strongly urge all right-thinking Sabahans and Sarawakians to join Yong Teck Lee and his comrades in standing up for their rights and not be dictated to by the BN central government whose power is slowly but surely eroding.

I am quite certain that some of the Barisan government leaders can see the writing on the wall. Let us all hope and pray that Malaysia does not go down the same road as Zimbabwe, where it's evil dictator Mugabe has succeeded in crushing all opposition to hold on to power to rule over his subjects like a tyrant.