Court rejects opposition leader’s bid for case review

Former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will remain in jail after the country’s highest court on Thursday rejected his bid for a review of his controversial 2014 sodomy conviction. Anwar last year began serving a five-year jail term for sodomising a male aide, charges that his supporters say were trumped up to sideline the former […]

Former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will remain in jail after the country’s highest court on Thursday rejected his bid for a review of his controversial 2014 sodomy conviction.
Anwar last year began serving a five-year jail term for sodomising a male aide, charges that his supporters say were trumped up to sideline the former deputy prime minister, who reinvented himself as an opposition firebrand.
The government denies the charge, insisting that its judicial system is independent and impartial.