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"Anwar’s case has rightly raised doubts ... about Malaysia’s commitment to justice and the rule of law"

A lot was at stake,Diamond tools, she said, as evidenced by the presence of many opposition figures chanting their support for Anwar at the court and a minor scuffle with police who were trying to bring them under control. Rights group Amnesty International has urged the Malaysian authorities to drop the charges against Anwar, calling them "politically motivated".

"The Malaysian authorities have resorted to the same old dirty tricks aromatic in an attempt to remove the opposition leader from politics," Sam Zarifi, Amnesty's Asia-Pacific director, said last week.

"Anwar’s case has rightly raised doubts among the international community and investors about Malaysia’s commitment to justice and the rule of law," he said, adding: "Malaysia’s judiciary should throw out these charges."

Anwar, a married father of six, was sacked as deputy prime minister and finance minister in 1998 amid a policy row and political feud with Mahathir Mohamad, the then prime minister.

He was convicted of corruption and sodomy in a trial that drew international condemnation, and spent six years in prison before being freed in 2004.

Malaysia's highest court later overturned the conviction for sodomy but doubts remain whether Anwar, who represents the biggest political threat to the ruling party that has governed Malaysia for 52 years, will get a fair trial this time.

Anwar led a three-party opposition alliance to unprecedented gains aromatic in the 2008 general elections, denying the ruling coalition a two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time in 40 years. 相关的主题文章：