Jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has written another letter to Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim requesting for the reopening of his bail application to be expedited after his first letter failed to evoke any response.

In the letter dated Oct 27, Anwar expressed disappointment with the Court of Appeal's decision to set Dec 8 to hear his application for reopening the bail application.

"Again, I seek your fair deliberation to ensure that an earlier date be set to enable the court to make a ruling on such elementary issue," he said in the letter.

He reminded Ahmad Fairuz that when the counsels had completed their arguments on his bail application last July, the court had assured him that it will deliver its decision as soon as possible.

"The integrity of the court is assessed by the judge's commitment in upholding justice and in this context, fulfilling its promise (to litigants)," he had said.

No response

Meanwhile, his lawyer Sankara Nair told malaysiakini that he had sent a formal letter to the court registry yesterday seeking an earlier date.

"Considering that the bail application had been pending for quite some time and that the appellant (Anwar) is not in good health, we hoped that the hearing date could brought forward earlier," he said in that letter.

When asked, Nair said the court has yet to respond to the letters.

However, the Court of Appeal registry informed Nair that it will hear Anwar's applications to re-open his bail application and review of his appeal between Dec 8-10.

The decision by the Court of Appeal on the bail application pending the disposal of his appeal against the conviction and sentence of nine years for sodomy, has been hanging since July 23.

To date, the following Anwar cases scheduled to be heard are:

  • Review of Federal Court ruling in dismissing his appeal against the conviction and sentence of six years' jail for corrupt practices (the hearing was last heard on March 18);
  • Decision by the Court of Appeal (pending since July 23) on bail application pending the disposal of his appeal against the conviction and sentence of nine years for sodomy, and application to submit fresh arguments to support this (filed last week) and
  • Appeal to the Federal Court against the conviction and sentence for sodomy, and subsequent application to the Court of Appeal to review its own decision to dismiss this appeal.