Anwar’s not in prison? What’s his status? Is he awaiting trial (or retrial as his acquittal was overturned)?
His acquittal was overturned on appeal but he has not been resentenced yet and may not be — so I don’t know where they get all this stuff about negotiating his release.
In the meantime he has been very vocal about the incompetence of the Malaysian government in this matter — a matter that puts his cousin right in the cockpit of a hijacking.