Malaysian leader Anwar wins a reprieve in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has won a reprieve successful a civilian suit accusing him of intersexual misconduct, aft a tribunal approved his bid to suspend the proceedings owed to commencement adjacent week

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim connected Tuesday won a reprieve successful a civilian suit accusing him of intersexual misconduct, aft a tribunal approved his bid to temporarily suspend the proceedings owed to commencement adjacent week.

The suit was filed successful 2021 by his erstwhile probe assistant, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther. Yusoff, 32, alleged that Anwar sexually harassed him successful 2018 — earlier Anwar became premier, successful November 2022. Anwar, 77, denies immoderate wrongdoing and accuses Yusoff of fabricating the complaint to ruin his governmental career.

The lawsuit gained attraction aft Anwar sought immunity from prosecution, sparking disapproval from the absorption and others. The High Court dismissed his exertion past week, saying everyone is adjacent earlier the law. Anwar has turned to the nation’s apical court, which volition perceive his lawsuit connected July 21.

The Court of Appeal connected Tuesday approved Anwar’s bid for a impermanent enactment to the proceedings that was owed to commencement June 16, pending adjacent month's proceeding successful the Federal Court.

Anwar wants the Federal Court to regularisation connected respective ineligible questions including whether a sitting premier curate has immunity from lawsuits stemming from alleged backstage events earlier his appointment. His lawyers claimed the ineligible enactment could impair his quality to govern and hazard destabilizing the government.

The lawsuit could undermine Anwar, who heads a unity authorities comprised of rival factions. He has denied seeking idiosyncratic immunity oregon trying to flight ineligible scrutiny.

“It concerns the integrity of our law strategy and the request to guarantee that precocious nationalist bureau is protected from litigation that whitethorn beryllium strategically timed, politically motivated oregon institutionally disruptive,” helium wrote connected Facebook past week.

Anwar, a erstwhile reformist absorption leader, was antecedently jailed doubly for sodomy. He has said the charges against him were manufactured by the authorities to thwart his absorption party. Anwar was pardoned by the king successful 2018, conscionable months earlier the alleged intersexual battle connected Yusoff.

Yusoff is presently successful detention and connected proceedings aft constabulary recovered drugs and fake pistols successful his car past September. He has said helium was framed by those successful power. The tribunal volition determine this Thursday whether helium needs to participate his defense, oregon acquit him.

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