Malaysian police question Anwar for five hours
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![Anwar Ibrahim told a media conference after his release from detention that police treated him like a major criminal. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/malaysia_anwar_rtr_170708.jpg "Anwar Ibrahim told a media conference after his release from detention that police treated him like a major criminal. [Reuters]")
Anwar Ibrahim told a media conference after his release from detention that police treated him like a major criminal. [Reuters]
Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused police of treating him like a major criminal, while spending a night in detention at police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
Speaking after his release on bail, Dr Anwar says he was questioned for more than five hours, stripped naked, and subject to a genital examination.
He was arrested on Wednesday in connection with sexual assault allegations levelled by a former male aide.
The opposition leader says he is being targeted because of allegations he has made against Malaysia's attorney general and chief of police over his treatment during his trial a decade ago.
In 1998, Dr Anwar was sacked as deputy premier and jailed on allegations of corruption and sodomy. The country's top court later quashed his conviction and nine-year jail sentence for sodomy.
Dr Anwar denies the latest allegations, saying they are part of political conspiracy to weaken the opposition.
His opposition alliance made stunning gains in March elections, winning a third of parliamentary seats and control of five states in a result that has redrawn Malaysia's political landscape.
"It appears that the events of the last few days, the nature of my unwarranted arrest, my overnight incarceration which was actually absolutely unnecessary, were an act of personal vengeance against me," he said.
