Defence lawyers representing Malaysia’s main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim have made their closing arguments at his sodomy trial in Kuala Lumpur. They urged the country’s High Court to acquit Mr Anwar of all charges, claiming that the man who accused him is a “compulsive and consummate liar”. Prosecution lawyers are expected to address the court...
The judge hearing sodomy charges against the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has reversed an earlier ruling to now allow key DNA evidence. Judge Zabidin Mohamed Diah had earlier barred the use of DNA taken from items used by Mr Anwar in a police cell. After a prosecution appeal, he has said it can be...
KUALA LUMPUR: Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was calm and composed during his medical examination at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), the High Court heard. Forensic pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng and Emergency Care Specialist Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan both described Mohd Saiful as such during his medical examination on June 28, 2008. Sankara Nair, counsel for...
KUALA LUMPUR (March 16, 2010): Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has withdrawn his appeal to recuse Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah from hearing his sodomy trial. Anwar’s counsel, Karpal Singh, told reporters at the Parliament lobby today the defence had withdrawn the appeal because it did not want to unnecessarily prolong the trial as the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Hospital Kuala Lumpur doctors told the High Court here that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had suffered anal penetration as there was presence of semen in his high and low rectal areas. Forensic pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng and Emergency Care specialist Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan had previously said in their medical report...
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has engaged three international DNA and forensic experts, including an Indian professor, to assist in the ongoing trial he is facing on a sodomy charge. The names of C. Damodaran, a professor from Chennai; Brian Leslie McDonald from Sydney and David Lawrence Noel Wells, a professor from Melbourne, were announced...
KUALA LUMPUR: In a sensational twist in the sodomy trial of the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, a prosecutor has been dropped after being accused of having an affair with the star witness. Defence lawyers said the move bolstered its charge that Mr Anwar, a former deputy prime minister who was sacked and jailed on separate...
PUTRAJAYA: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has engaged three foreign DNA and forensic experts to assist in his sodomy trial. His lawyer Sankara Nair said the PKR leader had engaged the services of DNA expert Dr Brian Leslie McDonald from Sydney, Australia, and forensic experts Prof Dr C. Damodaran from Chennai, India and Associate...
KUALA LUMPUR: A surgeon told the sodomy trial of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the presence of semen in the complainant’s anal region was evidence of penile penetration. Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim, a general surgeon at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, said he had examined complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28, 2008 and...
PUTRAJAYA ((Oct 20, 2009) : Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today succeeded in his bid to strike out the appeal filed by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in a RM100 million defamation suit for calling him a homosexual. The Court of Appeal unanimously granted Mahathir’s application and ordered Anwar to pay costs to him. Justice...