Some 50 people gathered outside the Sungai Buloh Prison today to celebrate the 68th birthday of jailed former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Among those in attendance were Anwar's wife and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and their five daughters.

Also present were PKR vice-presidents Tian Chua and Rafizi Ramli, and the party's Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin.

The crowd, who sang Happy Birthday and Allah Selamatkan Kamu (God save you) for Anwar from outside the prison gates, also brought three birthday cakes and a giant postcard signed by supporters.

The PKR de facto leader was on Feb 10 sentenced to five years' jail by the Federal , which upheld his Court of Appeal conviction for sodomising his former aide Saiful Bukhari.

Critics have slammed the sentence as politically-motivated, a claim that Anwar's family maintains till today.

Nurul Izzah Anwar said her father's imprisonment, and the recent cabinet reshuffle that saw Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin axed, are proof that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is a dictator.

"It is clear that Najib is a dictator who is misusing his powers to ensure that there is no separation of powers," Nurul Izzah, who is the MP for Lembah Pantai, said.

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