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Malaysia's Anwar to leave Turkish embassy refuge
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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim prepared Monday to leave the Turkish embassy where he fled after being accused of sodomy, and filed a lawsuit against his accuser.
"I will be leaving the embassy at 6.15 or 6.30 (1015-1030 GMT), accompanied by my lawyers and my wife Azizah. I have not decided where I will be going from here," he told AFP by telephone.
Anwar, a former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed a decade ago on sodomy and corruption counts, said the new charges levelled by a 23-year-old aide were designed to derail his stunning political comeback.
"They came out with these sexual allegations to stop me from securing power," said the charismatic 60-year-old whose opposition alliance seized a third of parliamentary...
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