Malaysian Court Sentences Anwar to Five Years Jail for Sodomy
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A Malaysian court sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail after overturning his acquittal in 2012 on a sodomy charge, leaving him unable to contest a special state election later this month.
The Court of Appeal allowed a stay of the sentence until March 10 and set bail for Anwar at 10,000 ringgit ($3,070), his lawyer Karpal Singh told reporters yesterday outside the court in Putrajaya. Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia and carries a maximum sentence of as many as 20 years in prison.