馬來西亞法庭判安瓦爾雞姦罪不成立

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.馬來西亞高等法院宣判受到雞姦罪名指控的反對派領導人安瓦爾無罪。法官星期一裁定，檢方作爲證據使用的DNA樣本不可靠。法官還說，沒有足夠佐證證明安瓦爾與一名前男性助手發生過性行爲。在穆斯林爲主的馬來西亞，同性性行爲是非法的。如果安瓦爾被判有罪，他可能被判處20年徒刑。

安瓦爾對記者表示，這個判決讓他獲得自由，使他能夠專注於在今年的大選中爭取推翻總理納吉布·拉扎克所屬的長期掌權的執政黨聯盟。安瓦爾曾經擔任馬來西亞副總理。他先前曾經因一項雞姦罪指控被判有罪，隨後於1998年被迫辭職。馬來西亞最高法院後來駁回了那項判決。安瓦爾否認所有的雞姦罪指控。他說，他的主要政治對手、總理納吉布·拉扎克捏造了這些罪名。納吉布否認安瓦爾的說法。