The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim say they have sought a royal pardon over his conviction for sodomy.
Anwar was jailed for five years earlier this month in a case which he has always maintained was brought to keep him out of politics.
He has widely been seen as the only real threat to the ruling coalition.
His family said he was a political prisoner who had been "tyrannised" and that his health was at risk in prison.
"The court may have pronounced a guilty verdict but our father is innocent," Anwar's daughter, Nurul Nuha Anwar, said in a statement on behalf of the family. The statement said the conviction had been a miscarriage of justice.
"We placed our confidence in the constitutional process and believe that justice will prevail when all the facts are scrutinised without political intervention." Full story...
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Anwar was jailed for five years earlier this month in a case which he has always maintained was brought to keep him out of politics.
He has widely been seen as the only real threat to the ruling coalition.
His family said he was a political prisoner who had been "tyrannised" and that his health was at risk in prison.
"The court may have pronounced a guilty verdict but our father is innocent," Anwar's daughter, Nurul Nuha Anwar, said in a statement on behalf of the family. The statement said the conviction had been a miscarriage of justice.
"We placed our confidence in the constitutional process and believe that justice will prevail when all the facts are scrutinised without political intervention." Full story...
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