Anwar daughter urges US to press Malaysia

Nurul Izzah Anwar is asking the US to put pressure on the Malaysian government so that her father can have medical treatment.

Nurul Izzah Anwa speaks to the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Source: EPA

The daughter of imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is urging US officials to press the government to allow him medical treatment and release him.

Nurul Izzah Anwar has been visiting the US with a message that political persecution of Malaysia's opposition is intensifying.

She is herself an MP and vice president of her father's political party.

Anwar Ibrahim was jailed for five years in February when he lost a final appeal against a conviction for sodomising an aide.

The US has strongly criticised the conviction.

Nurul Izzah said on Friday authorities are denying her father treatment for a shoulder injury.