Saiful - The chronology

By Anil Netto,

I was getting a bit confused and mixed up with all the dates and times and the sequence of events in the Anwar trial.
So I thought it would be best to come up with a chronology of events gleaned from publicly available information especially news reports of the witness testimony at the trial, Saiful’s blog etc.
Dec 2007/Jan 2008
Saiful meets Najib’s special officer at Najib’s office to get a letter of support for training as a pilot.
(But Utusan on 1 July 2008 quotes Najib as saying on 30 June that the meeting took place three months earlier (i.e. March/April 2008?)
March 2008
Before 8 March 2008 – Becomes a PKR volunteer. He’s a BN supporter but campaigns for PKR’s Sivarasa and Elizabeth Wong and votes for PKR candidates.
After March 2008 – Saiful becomes an aide to Anwar
May 2008

Early May – Hongkong trip (per Saiful’s blog)
End May – Bangkok trip (per Saiful’s blog)

June 2008

16-18 – Singapore trip (per Saiful’s blog)

Saiful says he was sodomised during these trips.

24 (Tuesday):

8.30pm – After Maghrib prayers, Najib’s ex-aide Khairil Anas accompanies Saiful to meet Najib at the DPM’s residence in Taman Duta. Denies that it was Mumtaz that took him. Najib tells him it is Anwar’s personal problem and that it also affects Saiful’s future. Saiful says he overhears IGP’s number and records it. Meeting lasts 20 minutes. He catches a glimpse of Rosmah on his way out but doesn’t speak to her.

Khairil drives Saiful home. Receives call from SAC Rodwan (then Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation Dept). After a few hours, meets Rodwan the same night in a room at Hotel Melia. (Was it 8.00pm or closer to midnight?) Rodwan requests a second meeting at Concorde Hotel the next day.

25 (Wednesday) – Morning: Saiful contacts IGP and speaks for a minute to tell him about his problems. But is scolded by IGP who thinks it’s a crank call. Second meeting with Rodwan cancelled(?)

26 (Thursday)

Morning: Has a bath.

1.45-2.45pm: Drives from PKR office to condo to send file to Anwar.

3.01-4.30pm: Alleged sodomy takes place at Desa Damansara Condo owned by Hasanudin

Saiful complains after that to Tuah Mohammad.

27 (Friday)

3.01am* – Saiful submits resignation email to Anwar citing his indiscipline and lack of punctuality and lack of qualifications which might embarrass Anwar later. (*per email scanned on Saiful’s blog).

6.28am* – Anwar responds to the email (* per email scanned on Saiful’s blog).

9.30am – Saiful goes to PKR office

Afternoon – performs Friday prayers after just a light rinse.

5.00pm – Attends Anwar Ibrahim Club event with bloggers in Anwar’s house, serves coffee/tea to about a dozen or so people.

11.00pm – Meets Ezam until early morning in Rawang, at Bandar Tasik Puteri. He is accompanied by Rahimi Osman and uncle Tuah Mohd Ali. Tells Ezam he has been abused. Also informs Mumtaz earlier in the day.

28 (Saturday)

Meets Tuah and religious teacher Atuk. Later, meets Rahimi. Goes to Tawakal Kuala Lumpur Hospital, but is told that they work only half day there today.

2.00pm: Saiful, accompanied by Tuah, sees Dr Mohamad Osman Abdul Hamid at Hospital Pusrawi complaining of pains.

During examination, Saiful informs Dr Osman he was sodomised but doesn’t say by whom. Dr Osman advises him to go to the govt hospital (KL) nearby.

3.00pm – At Hospital KL, registers at outpatient ward. Sees female Indian doctor but is shy, is then referred to a Dr Daniel. Tells him he has been sodomised by Anwar. He is then referred to the Emergency Ward at the One Stop Crisis Centre. Doctor advises him to make a police report.

Two police personnel, a male and a female, come to him with a form.

5.45pm: Saiful makes police report in the ward that he has been allegedly assaulted/sodomised (non-consensual) by Anwar several times over the previous two months. (But the same Utusan report says the police report was made on 29 June.)

7.00pm – Dr Razali receives call at home and is informed of a sodomy case.

9.00pm – Dr Razali arrives at emergency unit, where he meets two specialists, Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan and Dr Siew Sheue Seng (in charge) and a few police personnel. Saiful is examined by these three specialists at the GH, in the presence of IO Jude Pereira. Saiful also mentions a pregnant female doctor being present.

Saiful stays in Hospital until midnight (or spends the night in the hospital?)

29 (Sunday)

12.35am – Dr Siew labels the samples and hands them over to Jude.

Saiful makes more statements to Jude.

July 2008

2-4 – Hospital receives Pathology lab reports.

8 – Saiful starts his blog.

11 – Chemistry reports received by the Hospital indicate presence of semen and mixture of DNA types from two males.

13 – Medical report is signed by the three Hospital KL doctors.

16 – Anwar arrested.

August

15 – Saiful swears on Quran that he was sodomised, just “coincidence” that the day is the eve of nomination day for the Permatang Pauh by-election

(The Star reports:

Asked whether this was the first time he was sodomised, Saiful said: “Yes, it was.”
Reporters: Do you love Anwar?
Saiful: “No.”
Reporters: Are you straight?
Saiful: “Yes.”)

Saiful clarifies in court that what he meant was “every time I was sodomised, it was Anwar who did it to me”.

Okay, if there are any corrections or errors in the above chronology, let me know in the comments below.