KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his swearing in was a change that Malaysians have waited for and pledged to keep Islam as the official religion of the country.
The 75-year-old longtime opposition leader was sworn in on Thursday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of sodomy and opposition leader.
(Reporting by Rozanna Laitff; Writing by Kay Johnson; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)