Malaysia's Anwar Gears Up For Make-or-Break Sodomy Trial, Inter Press Service News Agency, 270110

"The trial can adversely impact his political career and that of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition that he leads and even the reformation struggle he has led for so long"
"It all depends on what happens at the trial and how case is handled, as the 1999 sodomy trial was a public relations disaster, with many people rejecting the guilty verdict that the court handed down.
Full report, Inter Press Service News Agency, 27 January 2010