Anwar's witness to wed

Anwar's witness to wed

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): The prosecution's key witness in Malaysian dissident Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial says he plans to marry a college student with whom he allegedly had illicit sexual contact, news reports said Saturday.

Azizan Abu Bakar, Anwar's former family driver, was arrested Thursday and charged in an Islamic court with "close proximity" - a sexual offense - after police found him in a room with 22-year- old Norhayati Saad.

Azizan and Norhayati, accompanied by family members, turned up on Friday at an Islamic Affairs department in the northern state of Perlis hoping to get married, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.

However, the department officials told the couple they would have to go through a special course for Muslim couples before they could tie the knot, the daily said.