KUALA LUMPUR: Bitter foes Mahathir Mohamad and his estranged protégé Anwar Ibrahim met for the first time in 18 years Monday, underscoring shifting political alliances caused by a corruption scandal plaguing Malaysia's current leader.
Mahathir inflamed social media with a show of support at a court appearance by Anwar, the former opposition leader jailed last year following a controversial sodomy conviction -- the same charge Mahathir hurled at him in 1998.
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