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Malaysian court upholds 5-year prison term for Anwar Ibrahim

1 min read 10 Feb 2015, 12:23 PM IST Trinna Leong

Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia and the maximum punishment for the offence can be jail for up to 20 years

A file photo of Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s formal deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Photo: Bloomberg

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s highest court upheld a five-year prison term for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday after it rejected his appeal against a conviction for sodomy, handed down by a lower court last year.

Lawyers for the former deputy prime minister had appealed against the verdict handed down in March last year, when the 67-year-old was found guilty of sodomising a former political aide.

Sodomy is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia and the maximum punishment for the offence can be jail for up to 20 years. Reuters

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