S Pathmawathy
Jul 24, 09, 11:54am
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur membenarkan pendakwaraya menangguhkan dahulu penyerahan dokumen berkaitan kes liwat Datuk seri Anwar Ibrahim, sementara menunggu keputusan rayuan mereka di Mahkamah Rayuan terhadap perintah tersebut.
Hakim Datuk Mohd Zabidin Mohd Dian membenarkan permohonan pendakwaraya itu pagi ini.
Pendakwaraya memohon penangguhan penyerahan dokumen itu atas alasan:
Perintah mahkamah supaya menyerahkan dokumen tersebut kepada tertuduh mempunyai implikasi dan kesan, bukan sahaja terhadap kes liwat tersebut, tetapi juga kes-kes jenayah yang lain.
Ia akan mengelak rayuan pendakwaraya di Mahkamah Rayuan daripada menjadi akademik, kerana ia membabit persoalan perundangan tertentu.
Perkara memberi salinan kenyataan saksi kepada Anwar, membabitkan persoalan undang-undang yang perlu diputuskan terlebih dahulu oleh mahkamah rayuan, sebelum Mahkamah Tinggi meneruskan perbicaraan kes tersebut.
sumber - malaysiakini
Sodomy documents stay with prosecution
S Pathmawathy
Jul 24, 09, 10:38am
The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed the prosecution to hold on to their documents pertaining to Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial pending their appeal against a previous court order ruling them to hand over these documents to the defence team.
Justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah ruled in favour of the prosecution this morning to grant them the stay order.
The prosecution had sought the stay order on the grounds of:
* The court ruling to hand over documents to the accused would have implications and an impact not only on the sodomy case, but on other criminal cases nationwide.
* It would prevent the prosecution appeal at the Court of Appeal from becoming academic, as it involves certain questions of law.
* The matter of giving a copy of the witness statements to Anwar involves points of law which the appellate court must decide first, before the High Court proceeds with the trial.
No appeal date yet
On July 16, Mohd Zabidin had given the prosecution seven days to hand over exhibits including video footage and a medical report to Anwar's team following an application by them for these documents.
The prosecution was also ordered to allow Anwar's lawyers to inspect CCTV recordings of the alleged crime scene, if the copy provided is unclear.
The prosecution appealed against handing over of these documents and sought a stay order pending the appeal. No date has been set for the appeal at Court of Appeal.
Anwar, 62, is charged with sodomising his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 24, at a condominium in Bukit Damansara on June 26, last year.
Anwar has applied to strike out the suit. The court today fixed Sept 2 to mention both this application and the trial proper.
source - malaysiakini
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