Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took refuge Sunday at the Turkish Embassy after police began probing an allegation that he sodomized his male aide, reprising a sex scandal that led to his imprisonment a decade ago.
Anwar, 60, dismissed the accusation _ made in a police complaint by the 23-year-old aide on Saturday _ as "a complete fabrication." He said he fled to the embassy because he feared for his life.
The dramatic developments that began to unfold a little before midnight Saturday will further roil Malaysian politics, which have been in turmoil since March 8 elections handed the governing National Front coalition its worst-ever …
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