No reprieve for Anwar, court upholds conviction

comments     Arfaeza A Aziz     Published     Updated

The Court of Appeal today upheld the sodomy conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and his nine-year jail sentence, and rejected his bail application.

Having failed to quash the High Court decision, Anwar is now expected to spend at least another six years in prison o­n top of the four years he has served for another conviction for corruption.

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