Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case was today adjourned to Sept 24 following a dispute over an order signed by Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to transfer the case to the High Court.
When the case was called up this morning at 9.58am before Sessions Court Judge SM Komathy Suppiah, the prosecution submitted the order for the case to be transferred to the High Court.However, Datuk Seri Anwar's lawyers disputed the order as it was signed by Tan Sri Abdul Gani, whom they said should not have been involved in the case as he was a party to a complaint lodged by Datuk Seri Anwar for evidence tampering in 1998.
The lawyers pointed out that even Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had said that Tan Sri Abdul Gani and Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan would not be directly involved in Datuk Seri Anwar's sodomy case.
Justice Komathy then fixed Sept 24 for the parties to argue on the validity of the transfer order signed by Tan Sri Abdul Gani. However, the issue of bail was not raised.
news n photo courtesy of Malaysiakini
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