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Sodomy II: Fresh details revealed, Anwar wants charge dropped (Updated)
By LISA GOH

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants the Attorney-General to withdraw the sodomy charge against him, following fresh details in court that the sodomy and oral sex complaint against him had been listed merely as "attempted" in complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's medical proforma.

Speaking to the press outside the courtroom Wednesday, the Opposition leader's lead counsel Karpal Singh said following fresh evidence found in the medical proforma, his charge should be dropped as there was no basis for it.

Earlier in court, Hospital Kuala Lumpur Emergency Care Specialist Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan agreed with Anwar's counsel that that the proforma had stated "attempted" sodomy and oral sex.

Karpal: Based on the proforma, it says attempted sodomy?

Dr Khairul: Yes.

Karpal: It says attempted oral sex?

Dr Khairul: Based on the proforma, yes.

Karpal: Then there could not have been penetration. It says here, attempted.

Dr Khairul, however, clarified that the patient did not use the word "attempted" when he was interviewed by the doctors prior to his medical examination.

Karpal: But he said it. It's in the proforma!

Dr Khairul: The proforma is only a guide.

Karpal: The proforma would be based on what he (Mohd Saiful) said.

Dr Khairul: He did not use the word "attempt".

Anwar, 63, has been charged to performing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on Mohd Saiful at a condominium unit in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, between 3.15pm and 4pm on June 26, 2008.

Leading the prosecution was Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden.

Karpal later also pointed out that the prosecution's evidence was contradictory as the profoma also stated that there were ejaculations for both "oral attempted" and "rectal attempted".

It also stated that there was "full penetration", with a 30-minute coitus duration.

Wednesday also saw the prosecution calling in their fifth witness, Dr Seah Lay Hong, head of the Serious Crime Unit of the Chemistry Department.

The trial was cut short, however, due to erratic power cuts which interrupted the court's recording system, and adjourned to Thursday.

Anwar tidak layak perlekeh batik Malaysia - Pak Lah

SHAH ALAM 16 Feb. - Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyelar sikap Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang memperlekehkan tahap mutu batik keluaran negara ini sedangkan produk tempatan itu mendapat banyak pengiktirafan antarabangsa.

Bekas Perdana Menteri turut mempersoalkan kelayakan Anwar membuat penilaian terhadap batik Malaysia yang merupakan sebahagian daripada warisan seni budaya bangsa dan negara.

"Siapa dia hendak membuat penilaian dan memperlekehkan batik Malaysia yang diiktiraf bukan setakat di negara sendiri malah sudah terkenal seluruh dunia.

"Batik Malaysia terbukti mampu bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa, hanya dia seorang sahaja berpendapat sedemikian," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas menyampaikan ucapan sempena lawatan ke Universiti Antarabangsa Al-Madinah (Mediu) di sini hari ini.

Hadir sama Rektor Mediu, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalifa Al Tamimi.

Abdullah mengulas kenyataan Anwar yang memperlekehkan batik Malaysia dalam syarahan umum di Indonesia yang dipetik oleh Awang Selamat dalam kolum Bisik-Bisik Mingguan pada Ahad lalu.

Dalam syarahan bertajuk 'Kebebasan dan Musuh-Musuhnya' diadakan sempena Festival Salihara 2010 Jakarta pada Oktober tahun lalu, Anwar berkata: "Mahu pakai batik Indonesia, dikatakan saya ini antinasional. Mahu pakai batik Malaysia, orang Indonesia bilang jelek sebab ciri kesenian itu cukup rendah dan saya setuju. Tapi saya tidak mahu sebut di Malaysia. Jadi, saya akhirnya memilih batik Afrika."

Di negara ini, pemakaian batik semakin popular ketika pentadbiran Abdullah selain kegigihan isterinya, Allahyarham Tun Endon Mahmood yang memperjuangkan industri batik sehingga wujud Piala Seri Endon yang mempertandingkan rekaan batik bagi diketengahkan di peringkat dunia.

Inisiatif Endon mendorong tertubuhnya Majlis Batik Dunia dan mendapat sokongan 15 buah negara.

Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Sidek Hassan mengumumkan kakitangan Kerajaan Persekutuan diwajibkan memakai baju batik pada setiap hari Khamis melalui pekeliling pada 15 Januari 2008 dan amalan tersebut berterusan hingga kini.

'Anwar buta seni, tak reti menilai'

Oleh ASMA HANIM MAHMOOD
utusankelantan@utusan.com.my

KOTA BHARU 16 Feb. - Persatuan Pembatik Melayu Pantai Timur menyifatkan Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai orang yang buta seni dan tidak layak mengkritik kesenian batik tempatan.

Yang Dipertuanya, Kamaruzzaman Salleh berkata, Anwar tidak sepatutnya bercakap mengenai perkara yang di luar bidangnya yang akhirnya mengguris hati pelbagai pihak terutama pengusaha batik di negara ini.

Beliau berkata, pengusaha industri tersebut di negeri ini amat kecewa dengan kritikan tersebut yang seolah-olah tidak menghargai jasa serta pengorbanan mereka untuk memelihara warisan negara itu.

"Dia (Anwar) ini orang yang buta seni, orang yang tidak reti menilai kesenian bangsa sendiri, kami sebagai pengusaha batik sentiasa berusaha mengangkat kehalusan seni dan identiti bangsa.

"Kami tidak perlu meniru acuan Indonesia yang dipuji Anwar kerana pembatik tempatan mempunyai maruah sendiri dalam menentukan corak yang mahu ketengahkan.

"Batik yang kita hasilkan seiring dengan peredaran zaman dan dikagumi orang luar seluruh dunia melainkan Anwar," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai tohmahan Anwar kononnya batik tempatan rendah mutunya berbanding batik luar seperti Indonesia.

Kamaruzzaman berkata, pengusaha batik Kelantan yang telah memulakan industri ini sejak tahun 1911 menasihati Anwar agar menumpukan perhatian terhadap politik sahaja dan tidak mencampuri perkara yang bukan menjadi keutamaannya.

"Industri batik diceburi lebih 1,000 penggiat di negeri ini yang menjadikannya periuk nasi mereka, janganlah Anwar cuba buat sesuatu yang seolah-olah mahu melemahkan semangat kami," katanya.

Walau apapun katanya, beliau percaya, penggiat batik tidak akan terkesan dengan tohmahan seperti itu dan akan terus memartabatkan batik negara sebagaimana usaha gigih Allahyarham Tun Endon Mahmood mempromosikannya ke peringkat dunia.

Sementara itu, Setiausaha Koperasi Pembatik Kelantan Bhd., Rahim Abdullah berkata, Anwar sepatutnya mengambil peluang yang ada untuk mengangkat maruah batik tempatan ketika berada di luar negara dan bukan merendahkannya.

Beliau berkata, perbezaan sudah semestinya wujud antara batik tempatan dengan keluaran Indonesia kerana fokus masing-masing yang berbeza.

"Batik negara seberang lebih menekankan konsep tradisional tetapi batik kita pula lebih kontemporari dan mengikut kehendak pasaran tanpa melupakan identiti bangsa sendiri.

"Anwar tidak patut memikirkan keuntungan dari sudut politik sahaja apabila berucap tetapi mestilah memikirkan kesan yang akan timbul kepada pihak lain.

"Mana semangat patriotik dan bangga terhadap negara sendiri jika dia sanggup berucap seperti itu. Sepatutnya dia menolong kami menaikkan nama batik dan turut sama mempromosi batik tempatan," katanya.



Anwar’s defence team casts doubt on Mohd Saiful’s state of mind
By LISA GOH
lisagoh@thestar.com.my

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 Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, remarked that it was rather odd behaviour for someone who complained of having been sodomised.

Sankara: Is that normal?

Dr Khairul: It could be.

Sankara: Would it not be more normal for him to be upset?

Dr Khairul: Yes.

Sankara then questioned Dr Khairul whether he had asked Mohd Saiful if he was angry, to which Dr Khairul replied: “He (Mohd Saiful) said he had taken some time to think about what was going on.”

Dr Siew explained that it was up to an individual’s character on how they would react to such an incident.

“Most men take it more coolly,” he said.

At this point, Sankara accused Dr Siew of being a biased and dishonest witness, and an “incorrigible liar”.

Counsel pointed out that Dr Siew had prepared his report based on the chemist’s findings, which did not state that there was a test done to confirm that semen had been found on Mohd Saiful.

“I put it to you that you depended on a flawed and deficient report and you came to a wrong conclusion that there was penile penetration,” he said, which Dr Siew denied.

Dr Siew revealed during cross-examination that the chemist report had been prepared in just eight days, compared with the usual period of three months.Sankara: You agree it’s super fast?

Dr Siew: It’s fast, but not super fast. I don’t know the definition of super and fast.

Anwar, 63, claimed trial to performing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on Saiful at a condominium unit in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, between 3.15pm and 4pm on June 26, 2008.

The prosecution is being led by Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, with counsel Karpal Singh heading the defence team.

The hearing, which continues tomo­rrow, has been fixed until March 25.