Malaysiakini logo
This article is 3 years old

KJ referred to opposition’s 'convenient marriage', not Anwar's sodomy case, court hears

Khairy Jamaluddin’s remark 13 years ago was over the opposition’s pre-election marriage of convenience and not meant to link Anwar Ibrahim to sodomy, the Court of Appeal heard today.

The health minister’s counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah submitted that the context of the speech is important as it was made just before the 12th General Election in 2008.

Submitting via teleconferencing from...

Verifying user