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M'sia court throws out charge against Anwar
A Malaysian court on Friday threw out illegal-assembly charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim over his part in a 2012 rally that could have barred him from standing for election, his lawyer said
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Malaysian court on Friday threw out illegal-assemblycharges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim over his part in a 2012 rallythat could have barred him from standing for election, his lawyer said.
Anwar, 66, and two other members of his party were charged in 2012 with violating newly enacted restrictions on public gatherings as well as a court order banning the rally from the center of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
But the charges were dismissed after a separate court ruled on Monday that the ban on the gathering was invalid, Anwar's lawyer Ram Karpal said.
Tens of thousands had gathered April 28, 2012 to demand reform of an electoral system that critics say is biased toward the ruling coalition that has controlled Malaysia since independence in 1957
