‘Saiful told me there was penetration’
By Tashny Sukumaran, Free Malaysia Today
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today heard how Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had confided in a medical expert about being allegedly sodomised by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Hospital Sungai Buloh’s forensic pathologist Dr Razuin Rahimi, the prosecution’s 23rd witness, said that during the interview with Saiful, the latter told her that he did not consent to the sexual act.
Razuin, who was a medical officer with Hospital Kuala Lumpur during that period in 2008, said the interview lasted for about 20 minutes.
According to Saiful, the witness said, there was penetration and lubricant used.
“He fondled Saiful’s breasts,” she said, adding that Saiful had also told her that he had objected to performing oral sex on Anwar.
The prosecution later showed the doctor the pro-forma forms, to which Razuin said that she filled in pages 3, 5 and 6.
Lead prosecutor Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden then quizzed her on the meaning of “rectal attempted” stated on page 5.
“Saiful said there was anal intercourse, however the rectum is located above the anus, and the word is confusing. At that moment, I do not know whether it reached the rectum.”
“He ejaculated inside. Penetration, I noted full as I got it from Saiful,” she said, adding that she wrote “employer” as the alleged assailant in the form.
Saiful was Anwar’s former personal aide. He accused the opposition leader of sodomising him in a condominium in Bukit Damansara here on June 26, 2008.
During cross-examination by Anwar’s lead counsel Karpal Singh, Razuin denied that rectal sex amounted to sodomy.
Razuin: Rectal is below, anus is the top.
Karpal: To get to rectal, you have to go through anus. For sodomy you have to go through anus?
Razuin: Yes.
The doctor said she was unsure whether the penetration did reach the rectum and that was the reason why she had jotted “yes” to “rectal attempted” in the pro-forma.
Just an errand boy
The prosecution also called Ibrahim Yaakob, Anwar’s chief of staff, to the witness stand.
Ibrahim explained that Saiful had not been an employee of Anwar’s, but merely a temporary staff who ran errands and did general office work.
Ibrahim said that on June 26, 2008 – the day of the alleged sodomy, he had asked Saiful to deliver an envelope to Anwar.
