Defence wants Najib, Rosmah, Musa subpoenaed

Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer Karpal Singh has informed the court that they seek to subpoena seven witnesses for the defence, and this will include Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, his wife Rosmah Mansor, former inspector general of police Musa Hassan and ex-Malacca police chief Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof.

He said this after Anwar concluded testifying from the dock this morning where he read out a 32-page statement.

All four individuals had beencalled to be interviewed by the defence over the past two weeks.

They all, however, also stated their refusal to answer any questions when interviewed by the defence.

The others for which the defence applied for subpeonas are Pusrawi Hospital doctor Dr Mohamad Osman Abdul Hamid, nurse Yazihan Jusoh and a maid from Indonesia known only as 'Suliati'.

According to Karpal (right), they applied to subpoenaed and are expected to come to court.

Asked whether they can decline, Karpal said they cannot, or warrants of arrest can be issued against them.

"It can only be set-aside. So far, they have not made any application to do so," he said.

In 1998, Anwar made attempts to call then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The former premier had his own lawyers set aside the attempt.

Another lawyer, Sankara Nair (right), told Malaysiakini that they applied this morning for the subpoenaes to be issued today.

"The prosecution has accomodated and the subpoenaes will be issued today," he said.

Tomorrow Anwar's expert witnesses, specialist forensic pathologist Dr David Wells and DNA expert Dr Brian Mc Donald, are scheduled to take the stand along with Mohamad Osman.