Anwar rushed to hospital for unstable blood pressure

PETALING JAYA: PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) has been rushed to hospital after his blood pressure became unstable, says his lawyer Sivarasa Rasiah in a Facebook post on Monday night.

"Let us all pray for him," said Sivarasa, who is also the Subang MP.

Anwar had raised concerns in July 2015 about his health, with his lawyer asking for him to be placed under house arrest as his health was deteriorating rapidly, adding that Anwar was not being given proper access to treatment in prison.

However, a panel of 11 senior consultants from Kuala Lumpur Hospital overseeing Anwar's health had found that none of his concerns were acute conditions.

Anwar was sentenced to five years in jail by the Federal Court in 2014 which found him guilty of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.