KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday lost a bid to have sodomy charges against him dropped over claims of an affair between his young accuser and a female prosecutor.
Lawyers for Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Friday announced plans to put the young man accusing him of sodomy on the stand, to answer claims of an affair with a trial prosecutor.
By John R. Malott. The trial of Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s opposition leader and his nation’s best-known and most respected international figure, is scheduled to resume this week in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim moved on Monday to have the judge in his sodomy trial disqualified, complaining he had refused to rein in ‘biased’ media coverage. The trial, which Anwar says is a plot to end his political career, began last week with graphic testimony from the 24-year-old former aide Mohamad Saiful Bukhari [...]
BANGKOK: During more than three decades in politics, Anwar Ibrahim has spent a good share of his time behind bars — from his detention during his days as a rabble-rousing student leader in the 1970s to his imprisonment a decade ago on charges of abuse of power and sodomy. On Tuesday, a new trial begins [...]
By: Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia has once again resurfaced in international headlines for the wrong reasons. Over the last two weeks, arsonists and vandals attacked 10 places of worship, including Christian churches and Sikh temples. Though there were no injuries and the material damage is reparable, the same cannot be said about the emotional and psychological [...]
The Pakatan Rakyat, at its first convention on Saturday, unveiled that as part of its policy it will set up a committee to have a mechanism to implement policies agreed upon by the three parties of the coalition, namely Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), DAP and Pas. PKR advisor, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said the mechanism [...]
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) had lined-up some 71 high caliber candidates capable of challenging Barisan Nasional comes next state polls according to Anwar during his brief visit to Kuching on Sunday. “We already have approximately 71 high caliber, smart candidates that can be trusted to lead the ‘rakyat’ towards development one day,” said Anwar. “These people [...]
Opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been invited to give lectures overseas. But this blunder by University of Berkeley – pretty obvious. However, they made the correction here: Anwar Ibrahim was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Malaysia from 1993-1998. An ardent supporter of freedom and democracy, and the most powerful critic against [...]
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday was ordered to stand trial for sodomy in January 2010, as a court turned down his bid to have the charges dismissed. The High Court decision was the latest blow for Anwar, a former deputy prime minister who was sacked and jailed on separate sodomy and corruption charges [...]
