Permatang Pauh by-election feature

A boy cycles past a giant poster of Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in Permatang Pauh, northern state of Penang, 230 miles from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 August 2008. Anwar will contest in a by election of Permatang Pauh parliament seat on 26 August 2008 and is expected to return to parliament after a decade-long absence. EPA/Shamshahrin Shamsudin

A Malaysian man parks his motocycle under a giant poster of Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in Permatang Pauh, northern state of Penang, 230 miles from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 August 2008. Anwar will contest in a by election of Permatang Pauh parliament seat on 26 August 2008 and is expected to return to parliament after a decade-long absence.
EPA/Shamshahrin Shamsudin

Malaysia's ruling coalition the National Front's party workers prepare the party's flags in Permatang Pauh, northern state of Penang, 230 miles from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 August 2008. Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim will contest in a by election of Permatang Pauh parliament seat on 26 August 2008 and is expected to return to parliament after a decade-long absence. EPA/Shamshahrin Shamsudin