COURT CASE DSAI

Wire: BLOOMBERG News (BN) Date: 2008-08-07 02:37:46 
Anwar Ibrahim Is Charged in Malaysian Court Case, Denies Claim


By Manirajan Ramasamy and Ranjeetha Pakiam
  Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar
Ibrahim was charged in a Kuala Lumpur court today with having
sex with a man.
  Anwar, 60, was charged with unnatural sek at the Jalan Duta
Court complex in the Malaysian capital. A conviction carries a
maximum sentence of 20 years. Trial was set for Sept. 10.
  ``I am not guilty,'' Anwar, Malaysia's deputy prime
minister from 1993 to 1998, said in court.
  Police arrested Anwar on July 16 as part of an
investigation into a 23-year-old former aide's allegation that
Anwar had SOMETHING with him.



--Editors: Angus Whitley