Anwar hopes seeks bail for treatment<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Malaysia's jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar
\nIbrahim's hopes to be bailed on Monday to seek medical treatment
\nabroad, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n
Sankara Nair, Anwar's lawyer told AFP on Sunday that the once
\nheir apparent, would attend the Court of Appeal hearing despite
\nsevere back pain.<\/p>\n
\"He is not well but his spirits are high. He is expecting a
\nfair hearing,\" Nair told AFP. \"We hope our client can go home and
\nnot remain in jail,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Anwar is being held at the Sungai Buloh prison north of the
\ncapital Kuala Lumpur where he is serving the first year of a
\nnine-year jail term for sodomy after completing four years for
\ncorruption. Anwar is appealing against his sodomy conviction and
\nthe sentence.<\/p>\n
Once seen as heir to former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad,
\nAnwar claims he was sacked and charged to prevent a political
\nchallenge to Mahathir.<\/p>\n
The United States and human rights group Amnesty International
\nlist him as a political prisoner. -- AFP<\/p>",
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