Sodomy II: Court views CCTV from condo
(Bernama) – A man resembling Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was seen entering an elevator at the Seri Damansara Condominium on June 26, 2008, according to CCTV footage viewed by the High Court Thursday.
The man, who was dressed in a grey suit, was recorded as entering the elevator at 12.12pm and exiting on the fifth floor at 12.13pm.
He was seen with a briefcase, and was putting on his jacket inside the elevator, in the footage.
He was then recorded re-entering the elevator of the fifth floor with another unidentified man and exiting at Level P1, at 5.14pm.
Complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who was dressed in light-coloured shirt and black slacks, was also recorded arriving at the condo separately on the same day.
He was recorded entering the elevator, and exiting the elevator on the fifth floor, at 2.42pm.
He was again recorded entering the elevator on the fifth floor at 4.11pm,and exiting the elevator on Level P2, at 4.12pm.
(Mohd Saiful had identified himself as the person in the CCTV footage, at the start of the trial in Feb last year.)
Apart from the two of them, seven vehicles were recorded arriving and leaving the main entrance of the condominium, including an MG Rover bearing the number plate WMK 6, and Saiful’s Fiat bearing the number plate WPK5925.
The High Court viewed the CCTV footage after PDRM Cheras Forensic Labroratory audiovisual analyst ASP Fauziah Che Mat took the stand.
She told the court that she had received two hard disks (containing the CCTV recordings) from investigating officer DSP Jude Blacious Pereira on July 3,2008, for analysis.
She added that her instructions had been to look for the two vehicles (as listed above) on June 26, 2008, between 12pm and 4pm; to identify individuals and the vehicles involved from the end of April to the beginning of May; and to analyse and print out the relevant photographs.
Anwar, 63, has been charged with performing carnal intercourse against theorder of nature on Mohd Saiful at a condominium unit in Bukit Damansara,Kuala Lumpur, between 3.15pm and 4pm on June 26, 2008.
Leading the prosecution was Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, while lawyer Karpal Singh led Anwar’s defence team.
Hearing before Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah continues Friday.
