then and were abraham became the right hand man of mahathir mohamad during his first time as prime minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. but they ended their alliance due to differences caused by the growing financial crisis in southeast asia in one thousand nine hundred seven and off to abraham accuse the prime minister of corruption ever ham was sacked from the government the following year but he didn't go quietly and lead a series of protests against maha tears leadership abraham was eventually imprisoned on sodomy charges and released when the accusations were partially dismissed after his release he really entered politics and run against. who became the next prime minister and the move seen by many as politically motivated abraham was once again jailed on sodomy charges but after international condemnations he received a role pardon from the malaysian king and was released from prison inmate twenty eighteen having now become an opposition leader in the process. in between his jail terms abraham began campaigning for an opposition party formally headed by his wife the people's ju

his defeat in general elections last year since then the government headed by prime minister mahathir mohamad has stepped up investigations into the case as more. he's adamant he's innocent and he's fighting back storming social media and remaking his image he's hit the airwaves with a cover of an old r. and b. song slamming the new government as liars. in all magic faces forty two counts of criminal breach of trust graft abuse of power and money laundering. soon after he was sworn in as prime minister in two thousand and nine he set up the one n.d.p. state development fund with saudi money to boost the economy. in twenty fourteen he seemed to be riding high hosting the asean summit in kuala lumpur but behind the scenes according to the u.s. department of justice no less than four and a half billion dollars were being stolen from the fund by not jobs associates the u.s. also says the money was then laundered outside the country and that close to seven hundred million dollars ended up in not own bank account the stunning allegations of massive graft and mismanagement hit in twenty fifteen. sec

then and were abraham became the right hand man of mahathir mohamad during his first time as prime minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. but they ended their alliance due to differences caused by the growing financial crisis in southeast asia in one thousand nine hundred seven and off to abraham accuse the prime minister of corruption ever ham was sacked from the government the following year but he didn't go quietly and lead a series of protests against maha tears leadership abraham was eventually imprisoned on sodomy charges and released when the accusations were partially dismissed after his release he really entered politics and run against. who became the next prime minister and the move seen by many as politically motivated abraham was once again jailed on sodomy charges but after international condemnations he received a role pardon from the malaysian king and was released from prison inmate twenty eighteen having now become a well known opposition leader in the process. in between his jail terms abraham began campaigning for an opposition party formally headed by his wife the p

public after being pardoned and released and where abraham and his once political ally mahathir mohamad decided to put their pos differences behind them abraham joins him had tears coalition the so-called alliance for hope in may last year the coalition's electoral victory ended najib results rule although technically he is not part of the new government matter mohamed had promised to hand over the job the prime minister to abraham in two years' time so off to such a bumpy journey what are his political ambitions for malaysia and given the ongoing corruption trial of former prime minister najib razak who allegedly stole billions of dollars of public funds what are his plans for cleaning up malaysia's political system and why abraham talks to al-jazeera. with anwar ibrahim thank you very much for talking to one of the almost twenty years being spent either behind bars or fighting for your freedom you're now back in public office the younger on war brahim that was once seen as by many as the future of malaysia is now seventy years old. yet your to be the next prime minister what is it tha

then and were abraham became the right hand man of mahathir mohamad during his first time as prime minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. but they ended their alliance due to differences caused by the growing financial crisis in southeast asia in one thousand nine hundred seven and off to abraham accuse the prime minister of corruption ever ham was sacked from the government the following year but he didn't go quietly and lead a series of protests against a high.

then and were abraham became the right hand man of mahathir mohamad during his first time as prime minister in the one nine hundred ninety s. but they ended their alliance due to differences caused by the growing financial crisis in southeast asia in one thousand nine hundred seven and off to abraham accuse the prime minister of corruption ever ham was sacked from the government the following year but he didn't go quietly and lead a series of protests against mahathir is leadership abraham was eventually imprisoned on sodomy charges and released when the accusations were partially dismissed after his release he really entered politics and run against. who became the next prime minister and the move seen by many as politically motivated abraham was once again jailed on sodomy charges but off to international condemnations he received a role pardon from the malaysian king and was released from prison inmate twenty eighteen having now become a well known opposition leader in the process. in between his jail times abraham began campaigning for an opposition party formally headed by his wife the