Former Deputy Prime Minister Released in Malaysia

[Warsai]

Overturning a sodomy charge on Thursday, the court accepted that his conviction was unsound.

The former deputy prime minister used his first few minutes of freedom to urge the country's recently installed prime minister to embrace reform in an impromptu news conference.

"Thank God it's over," he said, addressing reporters. "I have to give credit to the new prime minister for not interfering with the judiciary ... I appeal to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to make the necessary reforms."

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