Anwar trial: Sperm can still be obtained after wash or shower

KUALA LUMPUR : A forensic pathologist appearing for the defence in the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial, today agreed with medical findings that samples of spermatozoa could still be obtained, even after an invidual had washed or showered.

Associate Professor Dr David Lawrence Noel Wells, the third defence witness, told the High Court however, that good samples from the anal or rectal area should be collected from between 24 and 36 hours.

Cross-examined by Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohamed Yusof Zainal Abiden who referred to an article in medical journal 'Forensic Science International' that rectal swab could confirm the presence of spermatozoa to up to 65 hours after intercourse, the pathologist said it was the only known case reported in the United Kingdom in 1982.

Anwar trial: Mohd Saiful said plastic object inserted into anus

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23, 2011): A former Pusrawi Hospital doctor told the High Court here that it was Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's own words that a plastic object was inserted into his anus and he was sodomised by a very prominent politician.

Dr Mohd Osman Abdul Hamid, who is the second defence witness, said this during cross-examination by Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohamed Yusof Zainal Abiden, and that he noted it on his clinical notes after being informed by the patient himself when he examined him at the hospital on June 28, 2008.

He disagreed with Mohamed Yusof's suggestion that the information was recorded not on the day of the examination.

Hands off Anwar’s trial, Karpal warns detractor

Detractors of Anwar Ibrahim have been reminded that the opposition leader has a right to exhaust 'all legal remedies available to him under the law to prove his innocense'.

GEORGE TOWN: Senior lawyer and parliamentarian Karpal Singh today warned detractors that they have no right to pressure the court to speed up the on-going Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II trial.  ”It amounts to contempt of court.  ”It’s a direct interference in the administration of justice,” warned Karpal who is Anwar’s defence counsel.

He said it was wrong to say that Anwar’s trial was of national importance merely because he is the parliamentary opposition leader and Permatang Pauh MP.

He noted that all trials were of equal significance and shall be treated equally across the board in accordance to Article 8 (1) of the Federal Constitution.