The police officers were wearing balaclavas. The roads leading to his house were cordoned off. Order of arrest had been issued, but no reason was given.
The crowd had gathered outside. He was bundled into a police vehicle with dark tinted windows. So it is not surprising for Anwar's wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah to feel a little apprehensive.
Anwar called on her cell phone after being arrested. "He has a bad back, he's had surgery. And (during our) the brief conversation he said they (police) were not gentle," she said.
The police had on Tuesday given Anwar a 2pm deadline to answer allegations of sodomy. But later decided not to wait.
Anwar was stopped outside the gates of his home this morning, by armed police. He was subsequently taken to police HQ in a large convoy.
The arrest which received wide coverage on all the major news networks, has been described as "highly provocative and shocking" by DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang. Meanwhile, Azmin Ali, the vice president of PKR, called the arrest "outrageous and very uncivilized".
Whether the arrest will lead to large demonstrations remains to be seen. However the added instability will surely be negative to an already weakened economy.
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