A GUILTY VERDICT COULD BACKFIRE,WARNS ANWAR IBRAHIM.

KUALA LUMPUR;

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said
Wednesdaythat any move to jail him next
week on controversial sodomy chargers could
backfire against Putrajaya.

The apex court is to deliver a final decision
on Tuesday on Anwar's appeal against a
spdomy conviction and five year-jail term handed
down last year.

A guilty verdict could effectively end the
67 year -old 's career,removing the key
player in an opposition coalition that has
one of the world's longest-ruling government
on the run.

Anwar stopped short of calling on supporters to
take to the streets.
Anwar has long dismissed the charge that he
sodomised a young male former-aide.
He calls it part of a long -running  effort by the
58year-old government  to kill his political career
and decapitate the opposition.

Anwar said ,he was cautiously optimistic 'about
the court decision,adding his lawyers had
thoroughly disproved the charge in appeal
hearings before the Federal Court last year.

Daily Express.