Agence France-Presse - 8/6/2008 7:40 AM GMT
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has had a roller-coaster political career -- sacked as deputy premier, jailed on corruption and sodomy charges, and then returning to the political stage.
Here is a chronology of recent events:
Sept 1998: Anwar Ibrahim, then deputy to prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is sacked and slapped with sodomy and corruption charges that he said were politically motivated.
April 1999: Found guilty of corruption and sentenced to six years in jail.
August 2000: Found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Sept 2004: Released after Malaysia's highest court overturns sodomy conviction.
March 2008: Leads a resurgent opposition to stunning victories in general elections, seizing five states and a third of parliamentary seats
April 2008: Ban on holding public office, relating to his corruption conviction, expires.
June 2008: Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a 23-year-old who was a volunteer at his office, lodges a police report claiming Anwar sodomised him.
July 16, 2008: Anwar arrested amid a tussle over fixing a date for police interrogation, and spends night in custody before being released.
July 31: Announces he will contest parliament by-election for the Permatang Pauh consituency in his home state of Penang, after his wife resigns the seat to make way for him.
August 6: Anwar says he will be charged with sodomy the following day.
-- Election Commission officials announce August 26 by-election date.
Here is a chronology of recent events:
Sept 1998: Anwar Ibrahim, then deputy to prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is sacked and slapped with sodomy and corruption charges that he said were politically motivated.
April 1999: Found guilty of corruption and sentenced to six years in jail.
August 2000: Found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Sept 2004: Released after Malaysia's highest court overturns sodomy conviction.
March 2008: Leads a resurgent opposition to stunning victories in general elections, seizing five states and a third of parliamentary seats
April 2008: Ban on holding public office, relating to his corruption conviction, expires.
June 2008: Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a 23-year-old who was a volunteer at his office, lodges a police report claiming Anwar sodomised him.
July 16, 2008: Anwar arrested amid a tussle over fixing a date for police interrogation, and spends night in custody before being released.
July 31: Announces he will contest parliament by-election for the Permatang Pauh consituency in his home state of Penang, after his wife resigns the seat to make way for him.
August 6: Anwar says he will be charged with sodomy the following day.
-- Election Commission officials announce August 26 by-election date.
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