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Accompanied by bodyguards, Malaysia's opposition leader ...
Dec 15th, 2011
(Reuters) - Accompanied by bodyguards, Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (2nd L) and wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail arrive at the courthouse for his sodomy trial in Kuala Lumpur December 15, 2011. Anwar has denied the charge and says the case is a repeat of a government conspiracy that saw him dismissed as deputy prime minister in 1998 and eventually tried and convicted on charges of graft and later sodomy. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) -
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