Get this! If you want to ask a direct question to Data Seri Anwar Ibrahim, you can catch him at newly launched interactive ‘Question Time’ segment, at 11:30am this Thursday, May 19. This is the first time he has agreed to participate in such a forum and respond to questions from Internet users around the world.
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Invites Users to Interview Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim On Its First Ever ‘Cover-It-Live’ Interview in Malaysia
SINGAPORE – May 16, 2011 – Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) the premier digital media company announced the participation of Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia?s former deputy prime minister and the de facto leader of the People?s Justice Party, for the first ever “Cover-It-Live” interview on Yahoo! News. In a career that brought accolades as Malaysia?s Finance Minister pulling the country through the 1997 economic crisis, to his subsequent incarceration on a series of charges still widely considered to be the trumped up, today he is seen as a unifying force behind Malaysia?s diverse political groups.
The Yahoo! “Cover-It-Live” interview is the first time Anwar Ibrahim has agreed to participate in such a forum and respond to questions from Internet users around the world. He will be the first Malaysian to appear on Yahoo! Malaysia’s newly launched interactive „Question Time? segment, at 11:30am this Thursday, May 19.
Yahoo! users can visit http://my.news.yahoo.com/questiontime/ to post their questions live and interact with Anwar Ibrahim throughout the interview session. Responses will be developed into a story after the event and posted on Yahoo! News in Malaysia.
“I am excited to be working with Yahoo! on this interview as they demonstrate their commitment to provide an open and truly transparent platform to communicate and engage with people. I want to hear the concerns of the wider audience and address any questions that people may have about the future of politics in Malaysia. The Internet delivers true empowerment for voices, however small, to be heard,” said Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leader.
The Cover-It-Live interview showcases the potential of Yahoo! as the premier digital media company and its commitment to deliver the best and most personally relevant content. “This interview is one of the many ways which gets us to deliver on our mission to create digital experiences that engage people?s passions and interests, not just in Malaysia but all over the world,” said S. Vicknesan, Country Editor, Yahoo! Malaysia.
The “Cover-It-Live? interview is being hosted on Yahoo!?s recently redesigned Global News platform which has been developed to allow publishers and consumers to better ingest, manage and discover Yahoo! content and make it more personally relevant to individual users wherever they are and whatever their interests.
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About Anwar Ibrahim:
Anwar bin Ibrahim (born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who served as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998. Early in his career, Anwar was a close ally of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad but subsequently emerged as the most prominent critic of Mahathir’s government.
In 1999, he was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, and in 2000, to another nine years for sodomy. In 2004, the Federal Court reversed the second conviction and he was released. In July 2008, he was arrested over allegations he sodomised one of his male aides, and faces new sodomy charges in the Malaysian courts.
On 26 August 2008, Anwar won re-election in the Permatang Pauh by-election and returned to Parliament as leader of the Malaysian opposition. He has stated the need for liberalisation, including an independent judiciary and free media, to combat the endemic corruption that he considers pushes Malaysia close to failed state status.[1].
(ref: www.Wikipedia.org)
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1993-1998. He also served as Minister of Finance for Malaysia from 1991-1998. Highly respected for his principled stance against corruption and his skillful management of the Malaysian economy during the turbulent period of its financial crisis, Anwar is also viewed as one of the forefathers of the Asian Renaissance and a leading proponent of greater cooperation among civilizations. He is ardent supporter of democracy and is an authoritative voice bridging the widening gap between East and West.
Anwar is currently the de facto leader of the Justice Party (KeADILan) of Malaysia. He is an outspoken opposition leader in Malaysia and plans to return to active political life in April 2008 with a bid for a seat in Parliament. Since 2004 he has held lecturing positions at Oxford University, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In March 2006 he was named Honorary President of the London based think-tank Accountability and he is also the Chairman of the Foundation for the Future.
(ref: www.anwaribrahim.com)
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