Malay leader denies man in YouTube sex video is her husband
April 5th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 5 (ANI): The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR or the People's Justice Party) President Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has insisted that the man shown on a sex video posted ... Read more...
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Malaysian speaker bars sex video’s screening in parliament
April 5th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 5 (IANS) The speaker of Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat (parliament) Tuesday rejected suggestions that a sex video, allegedly showing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, be screened in the house.Speaker ... Read more...
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Malaysian leader denies being part of sex video
March 22nd, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 22 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Tuesday lodged a police complaint denying that he was the man in a sex video that emerged Monday, saying such ... Read more...
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Malay leader Anwar lodges FIR, says sex video a conspiracy to malign him
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 22 (ANI): Malaysia's Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station in Kuala Lumpur, denying that he is the man in a ... Read more...
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Media barred from Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy trial
February 4th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 4 (IANS) The media was barred Thursday from entering the courtroom as Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim faced a second trial on charge of sodomy.
The people concerned visited ... Read more...
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Date set for Malaysian leader’s trial on sodomy charge
November 3rd, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 3 (IANS) The High Court Tuesday set Nov 23 to hear Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against trial on a sodomy charge against him.
The rejection of the ... Read more...
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Lawmaker’s ex-boyfriend to be questioned for her nude pictures
February 18th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 18 (IANS) Malaysian Police Wednesday said they will question the former boyfriend of a woman lawmaker whose nude pictures have been circulated on the Internet.
Elizabeth Wong, executive councillor (minister) ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians give ultimatum to opposition chief Ibrahim
January 1st, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 1 (IANS) A group of Indian leaders from the Pakatan Rakyat, Malaysia's opposition alliance, has sent an ultimatum to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to solve their problems or prepare ... Read more...
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Voting on in key Malaysian by-poll involving Anwar Ibrahim
August 26th, 2008 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 26 (IANS) Voting began Tuesday in Permatang Pauh, a tiny parliamentary constituency in Malaysia's Penang state that has become important because of the opposition candidate - former deputy prime ... Read more...
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Ibrahim promises `clean fight’ in key by-election
August 14th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 14 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, facing a sodomy charge from a young aide, has promised "a clean fight" in a by-election Aug 26 through which he hopes ... Read more...
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‘Retired’ Mahathir not to fight Anwar Ibrahim in polls
August 10th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 10 (IANS) Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said he has "retired from politics" and will not fight Anwar Ibrahim, his old political foe and deputy prime minister, in ... Read more...
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Malaysian court gives Ibrahim bail in sodomy case
August 7th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 7 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been given bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charge of having sodomised an aide. A former aide, Mohammed Saiful ... Read more...
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Malaysian Bar Council questions Ibrahim sodomy case probe
August 6th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 6 (IANS) Malaysia's Bar Council has questioned the police investigation into the charges of sodomy made against former deouty prime minister Anwar Ibrahim by his former aide Saiful Bukhari ... Read more...
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Malaysia prepares for ‘mother of all’ by-elections involving Ibrahim
August 4th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 4 (IANS) Considerable political heat is being generated in Malaysia, even before the date is decided for what is being billed as "the mother of all by-elections", to be ... Read more...
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Ibrahim’s threat to seize power a bluff: Malaysian PM
August 1st, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's claims to seize power by reducing the government to a minority is a bluff, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said. He ... Read more...
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Malaysias former Deputy Prime Minister released on police bail
July 17th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), July 17 (ANI): Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysias de facto opposition leader and former Deputy Prime Minister, was released on police bail today morning after his statement was recorded.He was ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim arrested
July 16th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 16 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was Wednesday arrested for questioning by police, giving a fresh twist to the political controversy over the sodomy charge against him. His ... Read more...
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Anwar faces detention for no-show at sodomy charge probe
July 15th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 15 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could be arrested for not appearing before the police in connection with the probe into charges of sodomy case against him. Ibrahim's ... Read more...
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No confidence motion against Badawi government rejected
July 14th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 14 IANS) The first no confidence motion against Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi's government was rejected Monday, causing opposition lawmakers in Malaysia's parliament to stage a protest walk-out. Speaker ... Read more...
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Malaysia protests US caution on Anwar Ibrahim (Lead)
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 1 (IANS) Malaysia Tuesday said it would protest the US statement warning against any "politically motivated" investigation into the sodomy charge against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The US State ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim faces sodomy charge again
June 29th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 29 (IANS) Former Malaysian Deputy prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vehemently denied a sodomy charge levelled by an aide -- a decade after he was sacked from the government ... Read more...
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Malaysia may follow British parliamentary system
May 30th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 30 (IANS) Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat (parliament) may adopt the British style of sitting through the year to give more time to members to debate and pass bills. The suggestion ... Read more...
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Hindraf chief’s daughter has birthday party in parliament
May 22nd, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 22 (IANS) Malaysia's parliamentary opposition made a political point by attending the birthday party of the daughter of Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) chief P. Waythamoorthy at Parliament House. ... Read more...
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Opposition woos Mahathir, but son defies his call
May 21st, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 21 (IANS) The initial response to the rebellion by Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who quit the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) has been poor. Most lawmakers, including ... Read more...
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No commission paid for defence deals: Malaysian government
May 7th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 7 (IANS) The Malaysian government did not pay any commission to any party for the purchase of French Scorpene submarines and Russian Sukhoi MKM fighter jets, Deputy Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition gears up to abolish preventive laws
May 1st, 2008 - 12:00 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 1 (IANS) Malaysia's opposition alliance has said it would move a motion for the abolition of the Internal Security Act (ISA) under which many people have been detained. Opposition ... Read more...
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With 10 Indian members, Malaysian parliament displays diversity
April 28th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, April 28(IANS) With 10 ethnic Indians elected for the first time, Malaysia's 12th parliament opened here Monday displaying political diversity and maturity. Indians form eight percent of Malaysia's 28-million population. ... Read more...
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Impractical to turn Malaysia into Islamic state: opposition leader
April 25th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, April 25 (IANS) Malaysia's newly formed three-party opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) that includes the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Parry (PAS), which is committed to an Islamic state, has said it would ... Read more...
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Malaysia to have first woman opposition leader
March 20th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, March 20 (IANS) Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is set to become the first woman parliamentary opposition leader of Malaysia. Wan Azizah was proposed for the post as she represents the ... Read more...
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Anwar Ibrahim plots return through by-election
February 29th, 2008 - 12:16 am ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (IANS) Malaysia's controversial former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim says he has been cheated of his right to contest the March 8 polls and is determined to make ... Read more...
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