KUALA LUMPUR: The outcome of an application by Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers to recall chief witness Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan over his alleged affair with a deputy public prosecutor will be known at 2.15pm today.
This morning Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah heard submissions from Anwar's lawyers as well as from the prosecution before adjourning the hearing to this afternoon for a ruling.
If the application is allowed, Mohd Saiful and his alleged lover DPP Farah Azlina Latif will be asked to take the stand so that they can be questioned on their relationship.
Anwar's lawyers said previously that the sodomy trial had been compromised as a result of the relationship. They claimed that Mohd Saiful could have had access to the details of the prosecution's strategy as well as to notes from other witnesses.
The prosecution however claimed that Farah was just a note-taker in the prosecution team and had no access to legal documents and other sensitive material.
Both Mohd Saiful and Farah have not said anything publicly about the alleged relationship.
Prosecution: Hearsay
This morning Anwar's lead counsel Karpal Singh said that it was important to call Farah and Mohd Saiful to answer the allegations made against them.
"At this point, the prosecution has not offered to call them, and we can't, so the court must," he said.
Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, who is leading the prosecution, argued that the allegation was not something that Anwar could prove, saying that the defence's arguments were just hearsay..
“The whole thing is hearsay and inadmissible," he said.
Anwar, 63, had claimed trial to sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful, 25, at Desa Damansara Condominium in Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara between 3.01pm and 4.30pm on June 26, 2008.
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