Fighting off a bid to make them testify in the Sodomy II trial, Premier Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor are set to deny having conspired in having the charge brought against Anwar Ibrahim.
A source said this will be the thrust of their argument when the Kuala Lumpur High Court hears their respective applications to set aside their subpoenae on Thursday.
Najib had earlier admitted to meeting complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on the night of June 24, 2008. Then the deputy premier, he had reportedly advised Saiful to refer his complaint to the police.
Saiful had testified during the prosecution case that he had complained to Najib that day about Anwar. (However, the context of his complaint has been expunged from the court records.)
It is learnt that Rosmah will deny meeting Saiful, then Anwar's political aide, on that occasion. This has been corroborated in Saiful's testimony.
It is further understood that Najib could tell the court that he had not given directives or asked others to be accomplices in the charge being framed.
Najib and Rosmah may therefore argue that the defence application to call them as witnesses is an abuse of the court process.
Their affidavits, filed with the court registrar through their lawyers last Wednesday, named Anwar and the public prosecutor as respondents.
Anwar, charged with sodomising Saiful at the Desa Damansara condominium on June 26, 2008, made his defence in a statementfrom the dock.
A source said this will be the thrust of their argument when the Kuala Lumpur High Court hears their respective applications to set aside their subpoenae on Thursday.
Najib had earlier admitted to meeting complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on the night of June 24, 2008. Then the deputy premier, he had reportedly advised Saiful to refer his complaint to the police.Saiful had testified during the prosecution case that he had complained to Najib that day about Anwar. (However, the context of his complaint has been expunged from the court records.)
It is learnt that Rosmah will deny meeting Saiful, then Anwar's political aide, on that occasion. This has been corroborated in Saiful's testimony.It is further understood that Najib could tell the court that he had not given directives or asked others to be accomplices in the charge being framed.
Najib and Rosmah may therefore argue that the defence application to call them as witnesses is an abuse of the court process.
Their affidavits, filed with the court registrar through their lawyers last Wednesday, named Anwar and the public prosecutor as respondents.
Anwar, charged with sodomising Saiful at the Desa Damansara condominium on June 26, 2008, made his defence in a statementfrom the dock.
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