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A Police helicopter patrols around the Palace of Justice during Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy final appeal decision in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 10 February 2015. Supporters of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gathered outside the country's highest court on 10 February 2015, ahead of the verdict of his final appeal against a sodomy conviction. Over 1,000 supporters chanted “Reformasi” (reforms) and called on the Federal Court to acquit Anwar. “We know this is a political prosecution”, said Tian Chua, a vice president of Anwar's Parti Kaedilan Rakayat (People's Justice party). Police security was also boosted around the Federal Court in the national government centre of Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur. Anwar, 67, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in March by the appeals court for sodomizing former male aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan in 2008. Sodomy is a crime in the predominantly Muslim South-East Asian state. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)
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