Arsenic-laced pretest.Malaysian police widened a crackdown on opposition politicians following a mass protest September 19 in support of former deputy prime minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. Anwar Ibrahim Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim (born August 10, 1947) is a former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia. Early in his career, he became a protege of the former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir bin Mohamad, but subsequently emerged as the most prominent critic of , who is in jail on charges that he committed sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the with his adopted brother and with an aide. The protest, which ended after riot police fired water cannons and tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs. at the 10,000 Anwar supporters gathered at the national mosque, was sparked by Anwar's claim that his opponents were poisoning him with arsenic. The protest was the first since Anwar was sentenced in April to six years in jail for corruption, charges his supporters maintain were fabricated. He has been on trial for one count of sodomy since June. |
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