Anwar arrested, taken to HKL
Anwar arrested
KUALA LUMPUR:
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim left the Hospital Kuala Lumpur at 10.25pm after undergoing medical checks.
He was taken out of the hospital in an unmarked police car.
It is learnt that he was brought back to the city police headquarters.
Anwar had earlier arrived at at about 8.45pm Wednesday after spending about seven hours at the city police headquarters.
He was taken to the royal ward amidst heavy police presence.
Anwar was seen to be in good spirits and even waved to reporters gathered at the hospital entrance.
Earlier, he arrived at the city police headquarters here in a white Pajero at 1.15pm after being arrested by the police.
He had been arrested in front of his house in Bukit Segambut.
His lawyer Sankara Nair said the police told Anwar that he was being arrested for investigations under Section 377C of the Penal Code for alleged "carnal intercourse against the order of nature."
On June 28, his 23-year-old former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had lodged a police report alleging that Anwar had sodomised him.
Asked if Anwar was handcuffed, Sankara said he was not.
CID director Commissioner Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said Anwar will be taken to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur for a routine checkup which was a required procedure.
He said besides the checkup that was for record purposes the police had also extended other facilities including allowing his family members and lawyers to visit him.
"He is also allowed to go for his prayers. We will accord whatever facility the laws allow ... that we can assure.
"We urge the public to not to listen to rumours saying he is not allowed to meet his family or even say his prayers,'' he said, adding that Anwar was safe and sound.
Anwar started giving his statement to the police at about 2.50pm, said another of his lawyers R. Sivarasa, also the Subang Member of Parliament (MP).
kzso - we'll wait for the official charges.......
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