Anwar jailed Malaysian ex-PM freed
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seeing him walk free makes me emotional but the fight is not over said ridzuan ismail an anwar supporter at the hospital. now we need to see him become prime minister1 jailed malaysian reformist anwar ibrahim was granted a full pardon on wednesday and walked out of a hospital in kuala lumpur just a week after his alliance scored a shock victory in a general election1 he was greeted at the palace by new prime minister mahathir mohamad his ally-turned-foe-turned-ally with whom he joined forces to oust scandal-tainted najib razaks administration in last weeks election1 the king with the advice of the pardons board of the federal territories of kuala lumpur labuan and putrajaya has allowed a full pardon and given an immediate release for anwar bin ibrahim said a statement issued by the palace1 anwar 70 serving a five year-sentence for sodomy has been recovering from a shoulder injury in hospital under police guard1 the pardon allows anwar to re-enter active politics immediately but it was not clear what his role in government would be1 mahathir 92 had vowed to enable anwars release and eventually step aside for him to become the prime minister1 on tuesday mahathir said he expected to be prime minister for one or two more years setting off talk of differences between the two1 smiling and waving to supporters anwar dressed in a black suit and tie and his hair neatly swept back was surrounded by his family lawyers and prison guards before driving to the palace for an audience with king sultan muhammad v1 jack seng another supporter wearing a shirt with a logo of anwar behind bars said he thought mahathir and anwar would resolve any tensions between them1 i think we need to let mahathir do his work to save malaysia and to get back its system of government1 nurul izzah anwars daughter said her fathers release was a gift ahead of the holy islamic month of ramadan which begins on thursday in malaysia1 a pardon based on a miscarriage of justice a separation met with an eventual embrace she said in an instagram post. we have got much to do many more injustices to fight1 anwars freedom is expected to ease fears of a growing rift within the newly formed coalition government after differences erupted between supporters of mahathir and anwar over cabinet positions and anwars role in the party1 mahathir is the leader of the ruling alliance and anwars peoples justice party pkr won the majority of parliamentary seats in the group1 the volatile relationship between mahathir and anwar has dominated malaysias political landscape for over three decades and is central to the future of the alliance1