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February 2, 2010 on 11:56 pm | In Uncategorized |

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There is ample evidence to inflict doubt in the sodomy trial of Anwar. From the nature of the accusation to the testimonies of individuals involved, the inconsistencies should have been enough for the judge to dismiss this case.

Let me recap.

Saiful claimed that he was forced upon by Anwar and anal penetration took place. To suggest that another man of equal build forcing himself on another for purposes of anal penetration is too me too far fetched. This practice requires co-operation from both parties, unless more than one individual was involved in this act. We have heard of children being sodomised or in prisons where several individuals would have to hold the unwilling victim down for the perpetrator to commit the act. The scenario described is almost implausible. Moreover, medical reports have cast doubt on anal intercourse when no evidence of penetration-related injuries were found on Saiful.

Saiful was a dropout with extremely poor examination results. In spite of that, he approached the then Deputy Prime Minister, purportedly to request for a scholarship. Not only was he not turned down, the DPM met him more than once and several photographs with the officers from the DPM’s office surfaced. Najib’s initial denial of any meeting prior to the photographs is enough circumstantial proof of an intent to deceive. Anyhow, the DPM’s office should not have been the place to go to request for a scholarship. Why didn’t he approach the Minister of Education or Higher Education?

A school dropout like Saiful, is a perfect candidate for this ‘job’. A failure in his studies would have meant that his future was glum and any role in politics or a high paying job would have been quickly extinguished. He would have to either take on odd jobs or to retrain himself in a vocational school to learn skills usually involving hard labour. This was his break.

Similarly, from the failure to implicate Najib in the earlier Altantuya trial, despite his name being brought up on several occasions from witness testimonies, to the shutting out of Balasubramaniam is testament to some sort of chicanery by unseen forces.

Now, it appears new evidence that may implicate Anwar has surfaced, an information Anwar has no privy to. It appears the prosecuting team has DNA evidence from his semen found on Saiful’s anus. How could the earlier medical officers who examined Saiful missed the fact that semen stains were found in the anus or its vicinity? How could this important information be missed in the earlier reports? In addition, finding semen on the anus, contrary to the prosecutor’s assumptions, does not imply that anal intercourse has taken place.

It will be interesting the note what new ‘factual’ evidence will be conjured in this trial.