From prisoner to prime minister: The remarkable rise of Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim

It's a political journey decades in the making -- the transformation of a young student firebrand into an icon of democracy and eventually the leader of his country, via two stints in jail.

from https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/asia/anwar-ibrahim-malaysia-new-prime-minister-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

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