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Anwar's Long-Delayed Trial to Begin

Anwar's Long-Delayed Trial to Begin

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Jul 06, 2009
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Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister leading Malaysia's resurgent opposition coalition, is to go on trial Wednesday on year-old sexual perversion allegations that once again will also put the country's judicial system on trial before a skeptical public.

In June 2008, a 24-year-old former aide to Anwar, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, filed the charges i…

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