HKL report: No sign of penetration
S Pathmawathy Jun 18, 09 2:56pm
Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers today disclosed that the most important element needed to stick a sodomy charge on the politician was missing from a report prepared by Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL).
They said that the medical report released by the hospital has revealed that there was no evidence of penetration on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan - the complainant on whom the criminal case was based.
A copy of the medical report was attached to an affidavit filed by Anwar yesterday to strike out the sodomy charges.
The court is to hear the case beginning July 1.
The medical report was dated July 13, 2008 and was endorsed by three specialists from the government hospital.
Part of the report, which was provided to members of media today by Anwar's lawyers, stated: "No conclusive clinical findings suggestive of penetration to the anus and no significant defensive wound on the body of the patient (Mohd Saiful)".
"The most vital evidence in a rape or sodomy charge is to show proof of penetration," said Anwar's lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad.
"And it is missing in this case," he added.
If this is the case, the medical report from HKL tallied with another medical report from Hospital Pusrawi (Pusat Rawatan Islam).
Saiful had went to the private hospital for a medical examination before being asked to go to HKL should he want to lodge a police report for sodomy.
The Pusrawi's medical report, which was leaked to Malaysiakini in July last year, also said there was no sign of anal penetration following a physical examination of Saiful.
More: http://sjsandteam.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/government-hospital-medical-report-revealed-no-evidence-of-penetration-on-saiful/
1 comments:
Looks like someone is going to hell. He even swore on a Quran...