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Malaysia government pushes DNA identification bill

July 21, 2008 12:34:00 PM

The Malaysian government will table a bill at the August parliamentary session that would require criminal suspects to submit to DNA testing, according to a Monday report in the newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau . If passed,...

July 17, 2008 04:01:00 PM

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was released on bail Thursday, one day after being arrested by Malaysian authorities investigating sodomy allegations made against him by a former aide. According to a statement...

July 16, 2008 01:05:00 PM

Malaysian authorities arrested opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on sodomy allegations made against him by a former aide. According...

July 15, 2008 09:34:00 AM

Malaysian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim following his failure to appear at a Malaysian police station to give a statement regarding sodomy allegations made against him...

June 30, 2008 09:23:00 AM

Malaysian opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim filed a lawsuit on Monday against a former aide who had accused him of sodomy on Saturday. In the lawsuit, Anwar said that the aide's allegations against...

June 29, 2008 06:11:00 PM

Malaysian law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into a new sodomy complaint against opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim filed by an aide Saturday. Under Malaysian lawyer sodomy is punishable by 20 years in prison...

June 17, 2008 12:20:00 PM

The Federal Court of Malaysia ruled Monday that former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can challenge the constitutionality of his 1998 removal from office by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir...

May 12, 2008 11:38:00 AM

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called Monday for the prosecution of public officials involved in a judicial fixing scandal, one week after government officials ended their investigation into a video ...

April 13, 2008 02:58:00 PM

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will return to political life Monday as the leader of opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat, marking the expiration of his 10-year ban from public office arising from corruption and...

January 29, 2008 08:24:00 AM

Former Malaysian Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim told a Royal Commission inquiry panel Monday that a December 2001 video that appears to show prominent Malaysian lawyer VK Lingam brokering Halim's appointment to become...

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