Notes of Proceedings: Case No. 1 – CP – 2011
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field. So you need this 1 hour. It is reasonable. But don’t take this as an indication that the Court is lax, that if we apply the Court will give. Application granted. Adjourned to 10.30am. In the circumstances, we have got to adjourn for 1 hour as requested. So we’ll come back at 10.30am today. Registrar Musa Ismail: Court rise.
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Registrar Musa Ismail: Court rise.
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Judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman: Yes, proceed.
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Mr. Jason Kay Kit Leon: Learned President, members of the Tribunal; the prosecution has closed its case. They have submitted that there is a prima facie case to answer. We will submit that there is none.
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The golden thread that runs through any prosecution is that there is a presumption of innocence. Up to this point, as I stand here, the 2 accused, George Bush and Tony Blair, are presumed innocent. They are charged with the gravest of crimes. It’s very funny sometimes when we think, of people who say, for example, and this is an extremely cynical but true quote, “A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic”. Judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman: In what way is it a statistic?
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