Judge to decide on extra proof for Anwar trial
By Debra Chong KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — KL High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah will give his decision at 2.30pm today whether Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim can obtain extra evidence from the prosecutors in his sodomy trial.
The judge adjourned hearing at 10am after Anwar's defence counsel Sivarasa Rasiah made final submissions.
Anwar's other lawyers Edmund Bon and Amer Hamzah Arshad made their arguments yesterday for the evidence while lead prosecutor Datuk Yusof Zainal Abiden countered by saying all permissible evidence had been shared.
The court resumed this morning without Anwar, who arrived five minutes late with his wife Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Ismail and family and supporters.
There were few supporters outside the courtroom, leaving the police to relax its tight security cordon at the court complex in Jalan Duta.
Anwar and Wan Azizah leaving the court after the hearing was adjourned to later in the day.
The judge agreed and ordered Pereira out of the room.
Anwar, 61, who stands accused of sodomising a former male aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, in June 2008, has repeatedly claimed he is being denied a fair trial.
The former deputy prime minister, who made his political comeback last year, has also applied to strike out the sodomy charges against him.
He is also trying to disqualify the present seven-member prosecution team headed by Solicitor-General II Yusof . He claims they are a part of a “malicious” prosecution handpicked by Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, whom he accuses of trying to put an end to his political career.
If convicted, Anwar faces up to 20 years in prison, effectively snuffing his dreams of taking over the federal government.
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source : malaysiainsider.com
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