Judge rules against AG in Anwar sodomy trial

Kuala Lumpur : Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has won the first battle in his Sodomy II trial.Today, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge S M Komathy ruled the certificate signed by the Attorney-General requesting the case be transferred to the High Court was ruled invalid.

This will give a fillip to Anwar's fight against the sodomy charge which he has denied and suggested is politically-motivated.

Komathy ruled today that there is a legitimated expectation in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi's promise that the AG would not be involved in Anwar's trial.

The PM had made the promise because Anwar has complained that the AG and the Inspector-General of Police had conspired to destroy evidence during Sodomy I ten years ago.

Anwar has claimed trial to the charge of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

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