Sodomy II: Court to decide if initial medical report should be produced

(THE STAR) – The court stood down Wednesday to allow Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah to rule on whether to instruct a Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) doctor to produce examination notes taken during a three-hour medical examination of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28, 2008.

On Monday, Dr Razali Ibrahim told the court that another medical report existed that contained more details of Mohd Saiful’s medical history and examination.

He told the court that there was another “initial report” which had been prepared and signed by the three HKL doctors who had presided over Mohd Saiful’s case.

He said this when cross-examined by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer, Karpal Singh.

When asked if this report was separate from the one dated July 13, 2008, and prepared prior to it, Dr Mohd Razali replied: “Yes.”

Karpal then applied to the court for that document to be made available in court.

Anwar, 63, is facing a charge of sodomising a former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 25, at the Desa Damansara condominium in Bukit Damansara here on June 26, 2008.