Anwars lawyer takes issue with judges inconsistency in granting bail
The recent decision by High Court judge S Augustine Paul to grant bail to murder accused lawyer Balwant Singh has raised the question why jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's repeated applications for bail were denied, said Anwar's lawyer Sankara Nair.
Sankara said while he welcomed Paul's decision to allow Balwant to be released on a RM500,000 bail, he questioned why the same principle was not applied to Anwar.
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