On September 20, 1998 i.e. on the night of Anwar's arrest by the antiterrorist police unit known UTK (Unit Tindakan Khas), Anwar was told by a senior police officer that he was being arrested under section 377D of the Penal Code (a form of unnatural sex with a jail punishment of up to 2 years). The next morning, however, Malaysians were told that Anwar was going to be charged for causing riots in the city. By late evening the same day, the police announced that Anwar was being detained under the Internal Security Act. In the Sessions Court on September 29, 1998, Anwar was charged in Court with 5 counts of corruption (under an Emergency Ordinance) and 5 counts of sodomy under section 377B of the Penal Code.