PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a sodomy conviction against Anwar Ibrahim, rejecting his appeal in a case that the opposition leader calls a conspiracy and casting fresh doubt over his turbulent political career.

Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria said the Federal Court had dismissed Anwar's challenge against the conviction handed down last March, which found him guilty of sodomizing a young former male aide, Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

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