Anwar terror link claim probed

Anwar terror link claim probed

MALAYSIA: Malaysian police will contact U.S. authorities about an Australian television report alleging that an organization that jailed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim worked for has terrorist links.

Supporters of Anwar, jailed since 1998 for corruption and sodomy, on Saturday denied he had any terrorist ties and said the report was part of a campaign to kill his chances of a political comeback.

The report by the news program Dateline, aired on the Australian government-funded Special Broadcasting Service, said the Washington-based International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), of which Anwar was one of three directors, was being investigated for possibly funding the pro-Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.

-- AP