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Fri 08 Aug 2008Anwar pleads not guilty to 'malicious' sodomy charge
MALAYSIA:ANWAR IBRAHIM, the Malaysian opposition leader, was released on bail yesterday after pleading not guilty in court to a charge of sodomy, which he claimed was brought in a government attempt to derail a political comeback.
Mr Anwar, who plans to stand in a byelection in late August to return to parliament after a decade's absence, said a prosecution claim that he engaged in sodomy with a young male aide was "malicious".
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