Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police on Wednesday detained opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on charges of sodomy.
Anwar was arrested at his home soon after he had given his statements to the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) on his allegations that the country's police chief and attorney general had fabricated evidence against him in 1998.
The former deputy prime minister was about to give his statement on recent sodomy charges by a former aide, when police officers entered his home and detained him, said a spokesman from his opposition National Justice Party.
The spokesman said Anwar's supporters have been urged to "remain calm and gather at the police station to lend our support."
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian TV is to broadcast Tuesday an unprecedented live TV debate between opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and the country's information minister, focusing on the government's rec
Kuala Lumpur, July 14 : Malaysia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri has told his country’s Parliament that immigration officials had never seized the passport of Hindraf leader P. Waythamoorthy, although there were orders to do so.
Bakri said the Hindraf chairman, who was reported to be in the United Kingdom, is still free to travel around.
“We had received orders to cancel his passport but no actions have been taken so far and Waythamoorthy still has his passport overseas, and moves around as a valid Malaysian passport holder,” The Star quoted Bakri, as saying while replying to a supplementary question by Chua Tian Chang of the PKR-Batu.
