Anwar Ibrahim, lower left, Malaysia's jailed former Deputy Prime Minister, is escorted by police officers as he leaves a Kuala Lumpur courthouse after a hearing Thursday Nov 5, 1998. Anwar, fired on Sept faces 10 counts of abuse of power and sexual misconduct. He denies the charges and says they were fabricated because Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad considered his popularity a threat to his 17-year rule.