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Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim took a leaf from pages of Nasheed, daughter claims

Farah Ahmed
26 May 2018, MVT 17:37
Jailed former opposition leader and current federal opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim greets supporters after his release from the Cheras Hospital Rehabilitation in Kuala Lumpur on May 16, 2018. The release of Anwar from prison marks yet another sharp turn in a roller-coaster political life that has left a profound mark on Malaysian politics and society. Anwar was pardoned and released on May 16 after serving three years for a sodomy conviction widely considered a railroad job and now quashed following the stunning defeat of a Malaysian regime that had ruled for six decades. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
Farah Ahmed
26 May 2018, MVT 17:37

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was recently relieved of a jail sentence, had ‘taken a leaf from the pages’ of former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, his daughter has said.

Nurul Izzah Anwar said this responding to a tweet Nasheed sent out to congratulate her father on being released of said jail term, which his supporters say was the result of unfair judicial proceedings.

Anwar was convicted of an 11-year jail term on sodomy charges but received a royal pardon this month. Anwar’s release is considered one of the biggest successes of the Malaysia’s recently elected government.

Incumbent Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s electoral win was welcomed vocally by the Joint Opposition, a coalition of local opposition parties – one of which is led by Nasheed, and multiple parallels were drawn between Maldivian and Malaysian political spheres.

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