Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks to Reuters at his office in Petaling Jaya August 4, 2008.— Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Jailed PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be a free man in three days, his eldest daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar said today.

The PKR vice-president said that paperwork for her father’s royal pardon was being prepared.

He will be released from prison on Tuesday.

“Yes, full pardon. We were informed by the King’s office,” she told Malay Mail when contacted.

PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said yesterday that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was keen to pardon Anwar, and that this could happen within days.

She said she was informed of Sultan Muhammad V’s wishes during an audience with the monarch.