Anwar Ibrahim

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Charge:	Sodomy (also Buggery)
Sentence:	9 years
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malaysia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anwar Ibrahim was wrongly convicted in 1999 of committing sodomy and he was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in Malaysia. Ibrahim was arrested on September 20, 1998 and detained without trial under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA). Ibrahim was a member of the Malaysian Cabinet when the allegations surfaced in 1998. In September 2004 Ibrahim's sodomy conviction was quashed by Malaysia's Supreme Court and he was released from prison on September 2, 2004. Ibrahim had been held in solitary confinement."
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Innocence Proved By:	In September 2004 Ibrahim's sodomy conviction was quashed and he was released from prison.
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Age When Imprisoned:	51
Age When Released:	57
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"Anwar defamation case thrown out, BBC News, July 4, 2007"
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Anwar Ibrahim

Charge:

Sodomy (also Buggery)

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malaysia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In September 2004 Ibrahim's sodomy conviction was quashed and he was released from prison.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

51

Age When Released:

57

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"Anwar defamation case thrown out, BBC News, July 4, 2007"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6268108.stm

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