Today, Anwar Ibrahim is charged at the Sessions Court in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur for sodomizing Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan under section 377B of the Penal Code on June 26 between 3.01pm and 4.30pm at Unit 11-5-1 Desa Damansara Condo in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.

Section 377B of the Penal Code reads:

Whoever voluntarily commits carnal intercourse against the order of nature shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to whipping.

This means, Anwar is charged for consensual anal sex and not assault nor forced sex.

Anwar questioned why he was the only one brought to court if he was supposed to have had a consensual unnatural sexual act with his former aide, according to Malaysiakini.

“If it is consensual, why was I the only one being charged? This is a political persecution,” he said after he is released on a RM20,000 personal bond.