21.   Anwar claims he is the victim of a political conspiracy initiated by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

22.   Anwar has been restricted by High Court Judge Augustine Paul from mentioning a political conspiracy to ruin him while defending himself against four charges of abuse of power.

23.   Anwar has denied the charges, saying they are part of a political conspiracy to end his challenge to Mahathir.

24.   Anwar has repeatedly denied the charges, saying he is a victim of a political conspiracy to quash his challenge to his one-time mentor, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

25.   Anwar has said he was a victim of a political conspiracy.

26.   Anwar denies the charges, saying they are part of a political conspiracy to quash his challenge to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

27.   Anwar has repeatedly denied the charges, saying he is a victim of a political conspiracy to crush his challenge to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

28.   Anwar was expected to be the first witness to take the stand and testify that a high-level political conspiracy was behind the four corruption charges against him.

29.   Both killings raised speculation of a political conspiracy to silence reformist voices in government since the victims were relative moderates within the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

30.   But during the trial his lawyers were barred from using political conspiracy as a defense.