They seem to think that Datin Wan Azizah had received the results on August 26 and had withheld this information until September 10 to gain maximum publicity from the Apec meeting in Auckland.

Imputing improper motives without any basis for the delay is to cast aspersions on Wan Azizah.

It is indeed shocking that there was no expression of concern or display of humanity whatsoever for Anwar's health. There was no horror that such a dastardly thing as arsenic poisoning could have taken place while under imprisonment.

In any other democratic country worth its name, there would have been an outcry for an immediate independent investigation; there would have been demands for the resignation of the Home Minister. Here, instead of focusing on the seriousness of the issue -- a human being was apparently poisoned -- irrelevant questions as to how the urine had slipped out of the prison walls or whether the urine was actually Anwar's seem to hog the news. Incredibly, there was also a suggestion that Anwar's family could possibly have been responsible for the arsenic poisoning.

Wan Azizah had clarified that she received Anwar's urine report on September 9 -- and not on August 26 as claimed -- and that she communicate this information to Anwar's laywer Karpal Singh that afternoon. At the earliest opportunity, the following morning, Karpal Singh had alerted the court that Anwar's health was in jeopardy.

This clarification had confirmed that there was no delay and had effectively refuted claims suggesting otherwise. Under the circumstances, isn't it in order for the Prime Minister, Rafidah Aziz, Abdullah Badawi, Ling Liong Sik, Koh Tsu Koon and others to apologise for causing so much pain and anguish to Wan Azizah by implying that there was ulterior motive and questioning her integrity? Common decency demands this.