Mahathir will waste his guests' time explaining the Anwar issue. Sometimes Mahathir will aggressively attack Anwar. I do not need a police investigation or the court to convince me Anwar is guilty. The court gave Anwar every opportunity to defend himself. He was asked so many times whether he is innocent.
Someone is sure to talk.
Not only does Mahathir talk a lot about the Anwar case but he contradicts his story each time. Mahathir has instructed the media to totally blackout all news on Anwar. Even the names of Dr Wan Azizah, Anwar's wife, or Nurul Izzah, his daughter, may not be mentioned. Immediately after the 5 November 2000 gathering, the Chinese press was told not to publish any pictures of Wan Azizah in a wheelchair. Officers in the Prime Minister's office told me that the very name of Anwar may not be uttered in Mahathir's presence or else he will go berserk.