No Obama meeting for Anwar


Filepic - Obama giving a speech.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama does not plan to see Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim when he is in Kuala Lumpur next week, though US officials on Friday did not rule out a lower-level meeting.

Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Malaysia in nearly half a century when he touches down in the country on April 26.

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