1.   Crowds of news photographers and TV crews stood outside the courthouse gates, waiting with hair-trigger reflexes to get that all-important shot of Anwar.

2.   Hundreds of police thrust themselves between Sharif and the crowd as his car approached the giant black steel courthouse gates.

3.   Jackson, protected by security guards in escort cars, was driven inside the courthouse gates, where dozens of policemen were posted to keep admirers at a distance.

4.   On Monday, security was tight, with plainclothes policemen on the rooftops of adjacent buildings and riot police in full gear at the courthouse gates.

5.   Outside court, about half a dozen uniformed police and other plainclothes officers watched foreign reporters, who were not allowed inside the courthouse gate.

6.   Security was tight Monday, with plainclothes policemen on the rooftops of adjacent buildings and riot police in full gear at the courthouse gates.