Malaysia's prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim will contest a by-election that is expected to pave the way for his return to active politics, officials said Wednesday. Lawmaker Danyal Balagopal Abdullah said he has resigned as a member of Parliament in Port Dickson, a southern coastal town, to make way for Anwar's comeback. Anwar, 70, is the anointed successor to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Anwar has previously said he wasn't in a rush to take over as prime minister and that he will not interfere with Mahathir's governance. He was freed in 2004 and convicted again in 2015 of sodomy, which he said was concocted to destroy his political career.

Source: ABC News September 12, 2018 06:48 UTC