Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has sought refuge in the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
Officials from his party said he had gone there for his own safety after receiving anonymous death threats.
Earlier, Mr Anwar rejected a new allegation of sodomy made by Malaysian opposition leader accused of sodomy ...
Chasing pirates ... a member of his staff, describing it as a complete fabrication to discredit him.
He says the claims by a 23-year-old are designed to block his political resurgence after success at the polls.
The ex-deputy PM was jailed in 1998 on sodomy and corruption charges he has said were politically motivated. The sodomy conviction was later overturned.
Although freed from jail in 2004, the corruption conviction barred him from holding political office until 15 April 2008.
The latest claims against him came from an aide who has worked alongside him from the beginning of the year.
The right moment
But Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi denied that the government had fabricated a case against him.
There was no conspiracy "to cause [Anwar] trouble or harass him or raise such issues to undermine him", he said.
In the general election in March, Mr Anwar led an opposition alliance to considerable gains.
They won control of the legislatures in five out of the country's 13 states, and an unprecedented 82 of the 222 seats in the House of Representatives.
The ruling National Front saw its worst showing in decades, prompting calls for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to resign.
Since then Mr Anwar has said he has the support of enough MPs to topple the government but is waiting for the right moment.
(BBC)
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