Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (C) adjusts his collar as he arrives at court along with his lawyer Sankara Nair (L) in Kuala Lumpur on July 15, 2009. Anwar, a former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed on separate sodomy and corruption charges a decade ago, already rejected the allegations made by a former aide as a conspiracy to derail his plan to topple the government. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (C) adjusts his collar as he arrives at court along with his lawyer Sankara Nair (L) in Kuala Lumpur on July 15, 2009. Anwar, a former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed on separate sodomy and corruption charges a decade ago, already rejected the allegations made by a former aide as a conspiracy to derail his plan to topple the government.

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  1. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, center, arrives at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar''s sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.

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  1. Shamsul Iskandar, youth chief of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan party, gestures while speaking to the press during a visit to Hong Kong on October 2, 2009.
  2. Shamsul Iskandar, youth chief of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan party, speaks to the press during a visit to Hong Kong on October 2, 2009.
  3. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks to media at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar's sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  4. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, center, arrives at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar''s sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  5. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, right, gestures to his supporter as he leaves a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar's sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  6. Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (L) and Prime Minister Najib Razak share a light moment as they have tea at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009. Photo taken November 17, 2009.
  7. FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a briefing on Southeast Asia at The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. After Malaysia's opposition made unprecedented gains in elections last year, its leader boldly claimed he would topple the coalition that has run the country for five decades within months. Today Anwar faces sodomy charges, his People's Alliance is riven by internal feuding and the long-ruling National Front has regained some of its footing.
  8. FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a briefing on Southeast Asia at The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. Anwar won a defamation suit Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, against a government-linked newspaper over an article that he said portrayed him as untrustworthy.

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