Sodomy II: Defence may object rebuttal witnesses

KUALA LUMPUR, October sixteen Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers have been approaching to lift paint as well as cry over a prosecution's brand brand brand new witnesses when a leader's sodomy conference resumes tomorrow.

If Anwar's lawyers intent to a job of a witnesses, then a brand brand brand new duplicate as well as uninformed conference inside of a conference would be necessary.

The assign team, led by Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden told presiding conference judge Datuk Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah recently they intend to move three or four come-back witnesses to opposite a defence's own expert witnesses. One declare Dutch orthopedic surgeon Dr Thomas Hoogland had testified it was "highly unlikely" Anwar had sodomised complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan as his bad back condition disables severe activities.

Sankara Nair, one of Anwar's lawyers told The Malaysian Insider which tomorrow's conference would begin with a assign making a duplicate to move in a brand brand brand new witnesses, after a counterclaim decides to not call former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan as well as former Malacca military chief Datuk Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof.

"We may lift an conflict to a come-back witnesses. As of right right away we have no idea as to who they will be calling, as well as a assign has not supposing us a list of names of a (new) witnesses.

"We have a prerogative to do so," Sankara said upon Friday.

The PKR defacto leader's sodomy conference has been laden with applications as well as trials-within-the conference since it began final year.

The ultimate application, progressing this month was filed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as well as his wife, whom Anwar's lawyers had subpoenaed to attend court.

Mohd Zabidin had ruled which a PM as well as Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor ne! ed not a ttest in a conference as Anwar's lawyers had failed to infer "relevancy" in arising a subpoena to them.

Lawyers acting for Najib as well as Rosmah have argued which a twin have been not relevant witnesses to Anwar's ongoing sodomy conference as well as which they would not be means to offer any material justification to a court.

But Anwar's lawyers have argued otherwise, saying Najib's sworn statement could strew light upon a showing of a opposition leader's prosecution in a days heading up to a purported incident.

Mohd Saiful had accused a PKR de facto leader of sodomising him during a upmarket Desa Damansara Condominium in Damansara Heights here upon June 26, 2008.

Anwar has repeatedly denied this, as well as non-stop his counterclaim box by job a sodomy assign a trumped-up claim masterminded by Najib.

The former deputy prime minister said Najib longed for to finish his political career as well as hopes of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) receiving over a federal government.

His lawyers had declared 25 witnesses who included Najib, Rosmah as well as Musa.

The Malaysian Insider :: Malaysia

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