<p>Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim was released from Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras in Kuala Lumpur on May 16, after receiving a royal pardon for corruption and sodomy charges, which Ibrahim insists were politically motivated.</p><p>The former Deputy Prime Minister, who for many years headed Malaysia’s opposition party was pardoned from his five-year sentence by Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Anwar was jailed in 2015 and was in hospital to receive treatment under prison guard for a shoulder injury.</p><p>This video shows Anwar with his wife and current Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, in the National Palace before meeting Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V. Credit: Dr. Wan Azizah via Storyful</p><br />
