马来西亚高等法院宣判受到鸡奸罪名指控的反对派领导人安瓦尔无罪。法官星期一裁定，检方作为证据使用的DNA样本不可靠。法官还说，没有足够佐证证明安瓦尔与一名前男性助手发生过性行为。在穆斯林为主的马来西亚，同性性行为是非法的。如果安瓦尔被判有罪，他可能被判处20年徒刑。
安瓦尔对记者表示，这个判决让他获得自由，使他能够专注于在今年的大选中争取推翻总理纳吉布·拉扎克所属的长期掌权的执政党联盟。安瓦尔曾经担任马来西亚副总理。他先前曾经因一项鸡奸罪指控被判有罪，随后于1998年被迫辞职。马来西亚最高法院后来驳回了那项判决。安瓦尔否认所有的鸡奸罪指控。他说，他的主要政治对手、总理纳吉布·拉扎克捏造了这些罪名。纳吉布否认安瓦尔的说法。
Malaysia's high court has acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy charges. The judge ruled Monday that the DNA used by prosecutors as evidence was not reliable. The judge also said there was not enough corroborating evidence proving that Anwar had sex with a former male aide. Homosexuality is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Anwar faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted.
Anwar told reporters the verdict frees him to focus on trying to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling coalition in this year's general elections. Anwar is a former deputy prime minister who was forced to resign in 1998 after his conviction on an earlier sodomy charge. The Supreme Court later threw out that verdict. Anwar has denied all the sodomy charges, saying his chief political rival, Prime Minister Najib Razak, concocted them. The prime minister denies the allegation.
