KUALA LUMPUR May 9 Kyodo Jailed f...

KUALA LUMPUR May 9 Kyodo

Jailed former legate Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was given a scarcely any hours of freedom to attend his oldest daughter's wedding on Friday.

Anwar recured to his home in an exclusive residential enclave just outside the city center to marry opposite his daughter Nurul Izzah, 22 to engineer Raja Ahmad Shahrir Iskandar in traditional Malay-Muslim rites.

It was the secondary time that Anwar was allowed to get back home since he was apprehended on police on Sept. 20, 1998

Anwar first recured home from the Sungai Buloh Prison forward the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur in April 2000 to attend his mother's funeral.

Wearing a neck brace because of chronic back pain, Anwar walked into his abiding-place with dozens of police and prison guards.

Anwar complet his six-year jail denomination for corruption last month He was allowed one-third remission for righteous behavior.

He is serving another nine years for sodomy, an offense in this predominantly Muslim country

The Court of Appeal onward Friday began hearing his application to be fre forward bail pending his appeal to the Federal Court, the country's highest court, to quash the sodomy conviction and nine-year jail sentence

The hearing was adjourned early to allow Anwar to attend Nurul Izzah's wedding.

Anwar has accused Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of cooking up the charges to obviate him from challenging his grip forward power.

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