Anwar acquitted

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was today discharged and acquitted of a sodomy charge by the High Court here.

High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said that he was not 100 per cent sure that the DNA evidence was not compromised.

“After going through defence and evidence in full, the court could not be 100 per cent certain that the DNA evidence was not compromised.

UK Daily predicts Anwar conviction

Top UK paper calls Najib ‘authoritarian’, predicts Anwar conviction

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s image took another major beating today when leading British daily The Guardian predicted Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would soon become a victim of “egregious, politically suspect injustice” in his sodomy trial.

‘Male Y is Anwar’ ... to know his fate on May 16

The prosecution claims that Anwar's DNA samples matches that of the Male Y.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lead prosecutor Yusof Zainal Abiden today told the High Court in the Sodomy II trial that the “Male Y” DNA samples found in Mohd Saiful Azlan Bukhari’s anus belonged to Anwar Ibrahim.

The DNA samples were obtained from a toothbrush, water bottle and towel left behind by Anwar in his holding cell on the night of his arrest (July 16, 2008) and marked as exhibits by government chemist Nor Aidora Saedon earlier this month.