August 06, 2008
Malaysia’s Anwar to be prosecuted
Posted by: Thinker : Category: News
Aug 6, 2008 9:56 PM Malaysia’s best known opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim is to be charged with sodomy on Thursday, potentially derailing his return to parliament and his plans to push the government out of office. Anwar, who had hoped to win a parliamentary seat at a by-election on August 26, denies allegations he had sex with a male aide and says they are aimed at derailing his political comeback in which he has promised economic reforms. Malaysian police said in a statement issued on Wednesday that prosecutors had decided to prosecute Anwar for “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”. A 23-year-old man has said that Anwar, 60, had sex with him on several…
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