Orthopaedic surgeon and back specialist Dr Thomas Hoogland completed his testimony in the Sodomy II rial before the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today, during which he denied saying "Anwar Ibrahim cannot bend".
The Dutch specialist who performed the surgery on Anwar's spine in 2004 was shown a CCTV recording of Anwar entering an elevator at the Desa Damansara condominium on the day of the alleged sodomy on June 26, 2008, showing him bending down to pick up something.
Anwar was seen bending down, and in the same motion putting on a blazer, in what solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden described as "with ease"
However, Hoogland did not agree with the prosecution's contention, as the clip did not show Anwar's facial expression when he was bending down.
He said the CCTV recording playback speed was faster than normal and he could not see whether Anwar was in pain or not.
"He is likely Mr Anwar and he is able to bend. I never said he cannot bend. He has pain in bending and he has to do this motion slowly. Here you do not see it," Hoogland said in reply to Yusof.
The lead prosecutor also asked whether there was a possibility Anwar could have contracted his muscle to suppress the pain, to which Hoogland said the politician also had athritis.
Earlier, during examination-in-chief, defence counsel Sankara Nair had posed several questions to Hoogland on whether Anwar could kneel down on a carpet without pain.
Hoogland replied that when one considered the sexual act (sodomy), it was very unlikely to be possible.
"Based on the examination of Anwar (the surgery that he had undergone) and the MRI results, it (to perform the sodomy act) is not possible for his age, based on his injury and what I have inspected," Hoogland said.
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The Dutch specialist who performed the surgery on Anwar's spine in 2004 was shown a CCTV recording of Anwar entering an elevator at the Desa Damansara condominium on the day of the alleged sodomy on June 26, 2008, showing him bending down to pick up something.
Anwar was seen bending down, and in the same motion putting on a blazer, in what solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden described as "with ease"However, Hoogland did not agree with the prosecution's contention, as the clip did not show Anwar's facial expression when he was bending down.
He said the CCTV recording playback speed was faster than normal and he could not see whether Anwar was in pain or not.
"He is likely Mr Anwar and he is able to bend. I never said he cannot bend. He has pain in bending and he has to do this motion slowly. Here you do not see it," Hoogland said in reply to Yusof.
The lead prosecutor also asked whether there was a possibility Anwar could have contracted his muscle to suppress the pain, to which Hoogland said the politician also had athritis.
Earlier, during examination-in-chief, defence counsel Sankara Nair had posed several questions to Hoogland on whether Anwar could kneel down on a carpet without pain.
Hoogland replied that when one considered the sexual act (sodomy), it was very unlikely to be possible.
"Based on the examination of Anwar (the surgery that he had undergone) and the MRI results, it (to perform the sodomy act) is not possible for his age, based on his injury and what I have inspected," Hoogland said.
[More to follow]
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