The family of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today confirmed that they have submitted a petition for a royal pardon to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah on the conviction and five-year imprisonment handed to him for the second sodomy case.

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is still the Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament until the outcome of the petition for pardon from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, filed by his family, is decided, according to a number of analysts.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's status as the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh will only be determined after his pardon petition has been decided upon by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

PKR Advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be automatically disqualified as a member of parliament (MP) from tomorrow as the party holds on to its decision of not seeking royal pardon for his release.

PKR Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad was released by the police today following his arrest last night over an investigation into an unlawful assembly at a shopping mall, said Kuala Lumpur CID chief SAC Zainuddin Ahmad.

PKR Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad was arrested at his residence at Denai Alam in Shah Alam at 10pm tonight.

Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the chief prosecutor in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case, is only telling the truth when he spoke about the sodomy case.

More than 100 members of the Bar Council today called in its president Christopher Leong to retract his statement on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial or resign.

Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria said he did not walk off from the courtroom when Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim launched an attack on him and four other judges for upholding his sodomy conviction last Tuesday.

The police will identify those who acted outside the law at a rally to support jailed opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday, including scribbling obscene words on police vehicles.