Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of charges of sodomy after a two-year court battle. A judge ruled today that DNA evidence used by prosecution was unreliable. Anwar was first prosecuted after a former male aide accused the politician of sodomising him in 2008. Anwar has long denied the charges, calling them “a vile and desperate attempt at character assassination” in a statement to the High Court in August of last year.