Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim was released from Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras in Kuala Lumpur on May 16, after receiving a royal pardon for corruption and sodomy charges, which Ibrahim insists were politically motivated.
The former Deputy Prime Minister, who for many years headed Malaysia’s opposition party was pardoned from his five-year sentence by Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Anwar was jailed in 2015 and was in hospital to receive treatment under prison guard for a shoulder injury.
This video shows Anwar with his wife and current Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, in the National Palace before meeting Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V. Credit: Dr. Wan Azizah via Storyful
