Anwar rally canceled

Anwar rally canceled

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The party headed by the wife of jailed Malaysian ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has called off a rally next week to mark the second anniversary of his arrest, an official said Sunday.

Anuar Shaari, an official of the National Justice Party (Keadilan), said the party has been denied permission to use a sports stadium outside Kuala Lumpur for a planned assembly on Sept. 20.

He said Keadilan had obtained a police permit to organize the dinner at a restaurant just across from the high court building, where Anwar had been convicted twice.

Keadilan's president Azizah Ismail and several party officials will deliver speeches to some 1,000 people expected to attend the dinner, he said.