Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim on trial again
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on trial again for sodomy. This is the second time that the former deputy prime minister has been charged with sodomy.
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on trial again for sodomy. This is the second time that the former deputy prime minister has been charged with sodomy.
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Malaysia needs to grow up if she ever wants to be a developed country. What stupid laws – just to put an opposition down. The whole world is laughing at you and everybody including the Govt knows it is a joke.