Malaysia - Prosecutor Appeals Acquittal of Opposition Leader - NYTimes.com The prosecution filed an appeal on Friday to challenge the acquittal of the opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges. After a two-year trial that polarized the country, Mr. Anwar was acquitted this month when the High Court ruled that the prosecution's DNA evidence was not enough to convict him of sodomizing a male former aide in 2008. The government said the attorney general had decided to challenge the decision in the Appeals Court, but did not give details. Mr. Anwar's lawyer, Sankara Nair, called the move "most regrettable and atrocious," saying the prosecution's case had been "fatally demolished, rendering any appeal, no matter how many times, a desperate act in futility."