Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said he will be charged with sodomy on Thursday, just weeks before he was due to contest a by-election that was expected to return him to parliament.
The former deputy premier, who was jailed a decade ago on sodomy charges that were later overturned, faces new allegations by a 23-year-old aide. If convicted Anwar could face up to 20 years in prison. Anwar has repeatedly rejected the accusations, saying they have been fabricated to prevent him from toppling the government. In March the opposition won an unprecedented one-third of parliamentary seats.
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