# The Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sodomy conviction and a five-year term Date: 2015 ## The fact On 10 February 2015 Malaysia’s Federal Court unanimously upheld Anwar’s sodomy conviction and five-year sentence, sending him immediately to Sungai Buloh. He maintained innocence and called the bench partners in a political conspiracy. ## Context The High Court had acquitted in 2012; the Court of Appeal reversed in 2014. UN rights officials and several governments criticised the ruling. He did not sit as the Federal Court. Najib’s government rejected interference claims. 1999 corruption is the parent legal cluster. Pardon 16 May 2018 is the child eligibility row. The Prime Minister of Malaysia advises the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, chairs Cabinet, and is appointed under Articles 40 and 43 of the Federal Constitution. He does not write Bank Negara Malaysia policy rates, does not sit as every state menteri besar, and does not author a United States or China statute. A 1999–2018 prosecution or pardon cluster is not a 2023 subsidy. Allegation is not a completed personal conviction unless a court so held. A 2027 general election is not this page’s completed Fact. As of 27 August 2026 he remains prime minister. ## Evidence and sources Office of the Chief Registrar Malaysia carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is justice and [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed apex sexual-offence judgment against the opposition leader is a dated contest-and-liberty shock he has always denied. ## What is established and what is not Established: 10 February 2015 Federal Court uphold and five-year term, independently reported. He denied. Not established: that the 2018 pardon uniquely found innocence, or a unique later 2022 seat coefficient from that Tuesday. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. He was the appellant who denied. Prosecutors, including a privately instructed lead, argued. The government of the day held the political weather.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies The Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sodomy conviction and a five-year term, not a later speech about The Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sodomy conviction and a five-year term. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. The Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sodomy conviction and a five-year term on 2015-02-10 is not a licence to treat every later Office of the Chief Registrar Malaysia communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average The Federal Court upholds Anwar’s sodomy conviction and a five-year term into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The Federal Court held. He was the appellant who denied. Prosecutors, including a privately instructed lead, argued. The government of the day held the political weather. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Anwar Ibrahim: https://factrail.ai/people/anwar-ibrahim ## Drivers - Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion - Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/article/world/malaysias-anwar-jailed-for-five-years-after-losing-appeal-in-sodomy-trial-idUSKBN0LE09F/ - https://www.kehakiman.gov.my/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/my-anwar-federal-2015