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| Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim freed from jail after Mahathir election win | |
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| Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has been freed from jail, paving the way for his return to politics. | Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has been freed from jail, paving the way for his return to politics. |
| Once seen as a potential future leader, he had been jailed on charges of sodomy and corruption after falling out with the government. | Once seen as a potential future leader, he had been jailed on charges of sodomy and corruption after falling out with the government. |
| Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sought a pardon for Mr Anwar, which was granted on Wednesday morning. | Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sought a pardon for Mr Anwar, which was granted on Wednesday morning. |
| Mr Mahathir has promised to step aside for Mr Anwar to become prime minister within two years. | Mr Mahathir has promised to step aside for Mr Anwar to become prime minister within two years. |
| The politician was jailed for a second time three years ago on what he said were trumped-up sodomy charges. | |
| For years he had been heading Malaysia's opposition movement, which has just defeated the former ruling party for the first time in the country's history. | |
| Last week's shock election victory followed a reconciliation between Mr Anwar and Mr Mahathir, who sacked and jailed him 20 years ago during his first stint as prime minister. | |
| Mr Anwar walked free out of a hospital in the capital Kuala Lumpur where he has been undergoing treatment, getting into a car to head for the audience with the king. |