Anwar Ibrahim freed from “Sodomy allegation” by the Malaysian Court

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian opposition leader has been freed from sodomy after a two-year investigation.

Judge Zabidin Mohamad Diah said DNA facts presented by the trial was changeable and discharged the case.

Mr. Anwar, 64, has constantly rejected the allegations and called them a government bid to cripple his political objectives and authority.

The government said the decision showed Malaysian judiciary system was freed from government pressure.

Sodomy is banned in Muslim-majority Malaysia but, very quite little people are ever put on trial.

Mr. Anwar had been blamed of having sex with a former male assistant. He had faced up to 20 years in jails if found blameworthy.

But the judge said that there were quiries over whether DNA proof had been infected.

"The court is far ever unwilling to prisoner on sexual offences without corroborative witnesses. Therefore, the blamed is cleared and freed," the judge said.

The decision was welcomed with applauds from Mr. Anwar's fans, wife and daughters.

Mr. Anwar told news reporters outside the courtroom: "Thank God justice has triumphed I have been justified.

"To be frank, I am a little shocked."

Rais Yatim, Information Minister said that the decision appeared that judges were free to rule as they saw fit.

"Malaysia has a sovereign judiciary," he said. "The present wave of bold democratic modifications initiated by Prime Minister Najib Razak will assist enlarge this transparency to all areas of Malaysian life."

Police said two people were wounded in two small explosions caused by volatile devices in a car park outside the court as the decision was announced. They did not say whether it was associated to the case.

The blames against Mr. Anwar surfaced just months after elections in 2008, in which he headed the opposition forces to extraordinary expand at the cost of the government party.

This decision comes ahead of elections due in 2013 but widely expected to be called later this year.

A large numbers of police and security staff were on the streets of Kuala Lumpur before the verdict, and thousands of Mr. Anwar's fans waited outside the court.

Mr. Anwar was once Malaysia's deputy prime minister and a friend of past leader Mahathir Mohammad.

But he fell out with Mr. Mahathir and was afterward imprisoned for bribery and sodomy. The sodomy certainty was later toppled and he was discharged in 2004 after spending six years in prison.

He is now seen as the significant figure in Malaysia's opposition alliance, which presently controls about a third of the seats in parliament.

The ruling party has been in power for over 50 years Mr. Anwar is seen as the only man competent of challenging their governance.

In a tweet from his account minutes after the decision, the opposition leader observed ahead to the elections.

"In the coming election, voice of the people will be listened and this corrupt government will be tumbled down from its stands of power," the message read.