Malaysia’s and other opinions
You will find a ‘wall of noise’ available in the Malaysian press of the last years, most of which quotes only the Malaysian Government and its supporters, and much of which is highly inaccurate and misleading. Some journalists have been more penetrating and balanced than others.
This article from the Financial Times is a little out of date, but very good. This one, from Nikkei, looks mainly at Sulu itself, and is also very good. We also suggest you look at the Economist, here. In Malaysia, the Edge wrote balanced coverage until around the time that the Minister for Law announced that any Malaysian ‘helping’ this legal case was guilty of treason, for which – she gleefully stated – the penalty is death. This is a rather strange attitude to the law (or indeed to journalism). Understandably, the Edge seemed to lose interest in the matter after that.
The Malaysian Government’s own website on this matter is worth looking at. To anyone who knows the truth about the case, it is unintentionally funny, full of distortions and half facts. They simply don’t tell you about the fundamental decisions that don’t suit them. Or you might read Law Minister Azalina Othman Said’s e-book. It’s not long, and it is mainly pictures. We admire the Minister’s ability to deal energetically with this complex matter without being constrained by the facts.