Well done, Susan.

Via CNS News:

National Security Adviser Susan Rice held a meeting in Kuala Lumpur Monday with leaders from three Malaysian opposition parties, including an Islamic fundamentalist party that has been striving for years to introduce strict shari’a punishments such as stoning and limb amputation in a state it controls.

A White House readout of the meeting, which took place as President Obama wrapped up a visit to Malaysia, said she met with the three leaders to “hear their views on the situation in Malaysia and their efforts to press for greater democracy, transparency, and reform.”

Most attention was focused on Anwar Ibrahim, a prominent opposition leader who has been engaged in a lengthy legal battle – politically motivated, says the U.S. and others – with the government over charges of corruption and sodomy.

The statement said Rice had told Anwar that the U.S. “has followed his case closely, and that the decision to prosecute him and the trial have raised a number of concerns regarding the rule of law and the independence of the courts.”