Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Road to freedom and clemency

JAN 9 2012

> Anwar acquitted by the High Court for sodomy.

SEPT 2 1998

> Anwar sacked from Umno with police investigating allegations of corrupt practice and sodomy.

JULY 9 2012

> The prosecution filed its petition of appeal against Anwar's acquittal.

MARCH 7 2014 FEB 3 2010

> Anwar's second sodomy trial begins.

> Anwar sentenced to five years' jail by the Court of Appeal.

SEPT 21 1998

> Anwar arrested at his home in Bukit Damansara.

APRIL 24 2014

> Anwar filed a petition of appeal.

SEPT 22 1998

> Anwar detained under Internal Security Act.

JUNE 28 2008

> Anwar's aide Mohammad Saiful Bukhari Azlan claims he was sodomised.

FEB 10 2015

> Federal Court upheld Anwar's five-year prison sodomy sentence.

SEPT 2 2004

> Federal Court overturns Anwar’s sodomy conviction.

SEPT 29 1998

> Anwar appears in High Court with a 'black eye' and pleads not guilty to charges of corrupt practice and sodomy.

MAY 10 2018

> Newly elected Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad indicated that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is willing to grant an immediate full pardon to Anwar.

AUG 3 2003

> Parti Keadilan Rakyat formed and Anwar is appointed its leader.

APRIL 14 1999

> Anwar was sentenced to six years in prison for corrupt practice.

MAY 16 2018

> The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is scheduled to attend the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting. Originally, Anwar was scheduled to be released from prison on June 8.

AUG 8 2000

> Anwar sentenced to nine years in prison for sodomy of former family driver Azizan Abu Bakar.