Anwar Caps a 30-Year Campaign to Become Malaysia’s Premier
Widespread hope for reform government
After 30 years of seeking it, Malaysia’s 75-year-old reformist leader Anwar Ibrahim has finally won the prize that twice saw him jailed on what human rights groups called spurious and ugly charges of corruption and sodomy.
The country’s Agong, or king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, named Anwar prime minister on Thursday at 5 pm, ending five days of…
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