Malaysia Election Anwar

FILE - In this Sept, 30, 1998, file photo, with a blackened left eye, former Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim waves to supporters as he is led into Petaling Jaya court to be charged in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim can’t vote in what he believes will be a “defining election” for his country on May 9, 2018, but even from his prison cell has remained a political force to be reckoned with.(AP Photo/Ed Wray, File)