Indeed Malaysians await with pregnant hope for the ultimate redemption of justice in Malaysia. The question we must address as a nation desirous of exemplary values, ethics, principles and above all as a true and moderate nation whose official religion is also Islam, is, will the Malaysian government and machinery under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak choose to blatantly ignore or embrace the world opinion and support given to Anwar Ibrahim?

World opinion holds that truly Anwar Ibrahim is a political prisoner. That opinion alone also reflects that the world leaders and bodies of repute regard this one man as a relevant, promising and hopeful leader for the times. Their interest registered in their support to see Anwar walk a free man also tells you how much this country, Malaysia, is set back by the powers-that-be.

If indeed Anwar is a condemned man, would world leaders, intellectuals and esteemed NGOs and activists risk putting their name and signature to voice their concerns, register their protest and demand for this one man’s freedom?

Individuals from 37 institutions of higher learning from the Philippines, Africa, United States, United Kingdom - including the world-renowned Stanford University, have lent their voice and name to see this man freed.

Six leaders from around the world - Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Turkey, United States and Tunisia, have registered their deep concern and conviction that Anwar is indeed a political prisoner and a leader that the world cannot afford to turn away from with a blind eye, a deaf ear and sealed lips.

And nine globally-recognised, much-respected and never-taken-for-granted organisations that have wide-ranging influence on governments and societies around the world have raised the alarm over Anwar’s incarceration and the need for justice to have its universally acceptable say.

The NGOs from the Arab world, Asean parliamentarians, an international human rights watchdog, and including Malaysia’s very own Suaram and Bersih movements have all registered a unifying call for the freeing of Anwar Ibrahim.

As we await the outcome from Malaysia’s Palace of Justice, the blunt question to ask (minus the decorum of being politically correct or the laces and trimmings of diplomacy), who is the bigger liability to Malaysia, its neighbours and the world over - is it the named ‘Malaysian Official 1' (MO1) or the alleged ‘sodomite’?

Will we see the named ‘MO1' run free and wild while the alleged ‘sodomite’ returns behind bars or will we see justice meet the world’s understanding of the due process of the law?

The final outcome of Anwar’s last attempt to free himself from the clutches of political injustices will have unparalleled impact not only for Malaysia’s future but it certainly will send out a strong and clear message to the world that is in constant vigilance fighting tyranny and extremism while championing in close collaboration to see an increasingly democratic space that ploughs the political terracotta with accountability, transparency, and a free, fair and clean governance.

Pray democracy triumphs in this land of Malaysia that is being wrapped in a looming political gloom given its many scandals and unresolved cases of global concern from the murder of the Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaariibuu to the 1MDB.