KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (Tambun-PH) said the Royal Pardon he received in 2018 over his sodomy conviction was not requested.
Instead, Anwar said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the time - Kelantan’s Sultan Muhammad V - took the initiative to pardon him based on a ‘travesty of justice’
Anwar said Sultan Muhammad described his case as a “travesty of justice” during a phone call while he was still in detention at the Rehabilitation Hospital.
The Prime Minister urged Kelantan lawmakers they can meet with the monarch themselves to verify this.