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KUALA LUMPUR — Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has staged a walkout in Parliament with scores of other lawmakers.
The walkout took place amid a debate on a proposed law that would make it mandatory for criminal suspects to provide DNA samples. Critics claim the law is meant to bolster a sodomy charge against Anwar, though the government denies it.
Anwar caused the stir during his first day in Parliament after being sworn in as a federal legislator after a landslide victory in a by-election.
Anwar read out the oath of office earlier Thursday in Parliament before taking his place as the leader of the opposition alliance. The alliance won 82 seats in March general elections, just 30 short of a majority.
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