<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim returned home on Wednesday evening after being discharged from hospital.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a Facebook post, Anwar uploaded a photo of himself reading a book with the caption “Alhamdulillah, back home”.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Earlier, the prime minister’s wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, was reported to have said that Anwar was expected to be discharged from hospital on Wednesday after receiving treatment.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On Monday, Anwar was reported to have successfully undergone an elective laparoscopic surgical procedure to treat a para-umbilical hernia and was under close monitoring by a team of medical specialists.</p></div>

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim returned home on Wednesday evening after being discharged from hospital.

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