Anwar remains defiant in jail

Anwar remains defiant in jail

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): One year after he was fired, former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has emerged as Malaysia's most prominent dissident, campaigning from behind bars for the ousting of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

"Anwar has shown tremendous courage," his wife Azizah Ismail, president of the National Justice Party, said.

Anwar, 52, once Mahathir's heir apparent, was dismissed on Sept. 2, 1998, and has been behind bars since he was arrested 18 days later under the country's Internal Security Act.