PUTRAJAYA, 10 Feb: The Federal Court sentenced the PKR de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to five years in prison in the Defamation II case.
Prior to that, the court rejected his appeal.
The verdict was read by the Chief Justice, Tun Arifin Zakaria, who led the five-judge panel consisting of the Court of Appeal President, Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif, and Federal Court judges Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong, Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar and Datuk Ramly Ali.
Anwar stressed that he was no guilty and it is an attempt to topple his political career.
He said that he will not surrender and believes that Allah is with him.
“Allah is my witness. I will not be silent. I will never surrender.
“I repeat my statement that I am innocent. My family and I are shocked by this decision.
“It is indeed a conspiracy to topple my political career,” he said.
NS