About 1,000 reformasi supporters are expected to protest tomorrow morning in Kuala Lumpur, said KeADILan vice president Tian Chua. This is despite government's warnings that stern action would be taken against them.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Abdullah Badawi warned yesterday that street protestors would be arrested should they be found breaking the law. Tian had on last Monday called on reformasi supporters to demonstrate outside the courthouse when sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's trial resumes tomorrow.

Tian said that he would not call off the protest because Malaysians had the right to hold peaceful gatherings. "Holding a peaceful gathering is a basic right," he told malaysiakini .

Tian, who is also a human rights activist, has been arrested and beaten by the police a number of times for taking part in pro- reformasi demonstrations.

Anwar's sodomy trial will resume tomorrow after being postponed for almost two months when Judge Arifin Jaka complained of "back pains". The controversial case was further postponed without any reason given when Parliament was dissolved to make way for the November general elections.

The call for protests outside the High Court was made mostly through the Internet. Pro-reformasi website [#1]Mahazalimtwo[/#] has helped advertised the rally. It is understood that pamphlets on the demonstration were also distributed in some mosques in the Klang Valley last Friday.

Meanwhile, KeADILan media spokesperson Raja Petra Kamaruddin advised the public who intend to attend the trial tomorrow to turn up before 8am. He also suggested that former students of the Kuala Kangsar Malay College, a prestigious school once attended by Anwar, to wear the college's official tie as a show of support.

Malaysiakini will provide real-time coverage of the court case and demonstration tomorrow.