Malaysia’s High Court refused to let prosecutors use crucial evidence that might link opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to semen found on the man who accused Anwar of sodomising him.

Police broke up Malaysia’s biggest street protest in nearly two years today, firing tear gas and chemical-laced water at thousands of opposition supporters demanding an end to a law that allows detention without trial.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim asked a Malaysian court to throw out a sodomy charge against him, two weeks before the start of a trial he maintains is politically motivated, his lawyer said today.

Police have raided a Malaysian opposition party’s headquarters to search for seditious material, sparking accusations today of a crackdown on political dissent.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took his place today as a member of Malaysia’s Parliament, a major step in his goal to topple a government weakened by electoral defeats and internal dissent.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today won a landslide victory in a special election, marking a triumphant return to parliament more than a decade after he was thrown out for alleged sex crimes.

Malaysia’s newly elected parliamentarians have taken the oath of office to join the lower house.

Malaysia’s ruling coalition suffered its biggest yet electoral upset, losing control of four state governments and failing to win a two-thirds majority in parliament, in a protest vote against racial discrimination, crime and corruption.

British and American diplomats walked out of a human rights conference in Malaysia today, after the country’s former prime minister called their countries terrorist states and said coalition pilots whose bombs killed Iraqi civilians were murderers.

Malaysia’s highest court overturned the sodomy conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim today and freed him from prison – exactly six years after his removal from office triggered the country’s worst political crisis.

A website that champions jailed Malaysian former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim returned online today after it was shut down following a complaint that it contained defamatory content.

Malaysia’s highest court today rejected former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against his conviction and six-year prison term for corruption.

Malaysia’s jailed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim today attacked the testimony of key prosecution witnesses as he launched his final appeal against a corruption conviction he claims was politically engineered.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has warned that foreign government ministers will be arrested if they violate anti-homosexual laws while visiting the mostly Muslim country.

Malaysia’s former police chief was sent to prison today by the Court of Appeals for beating jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim in 1998.

Police wielding canes and backed by water have broken up a rally of about 500 people against Malaysia's longtime leader Mahathir Mohamed.