Malaysian judge gives date for Anwar sex charge verdict
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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's High Court is to deliver its verdict on sex charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim January 9, almost two years after hearings kicked off, the court said Thursday.
Anwar, 64, is charged with sodomizing a former male aide in June 2008, an allegation he has fiercely denied and claims is part of a government set-up to try to topple him.
A conviction would bar Anwar from politics for five years and prevent him from leading his three-party opposition in general elections expected early next year.
The opposition deprived the government of the two-thirds majority required to legislate in Parliament and won leadership of five of the country's 13 states in March 2008 elections. //DPA
