The prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in the Sodomy II charge will be heard on Sept 17 and 18.
DPP Noorin Badaruddin told Malaysiakini that Anwar's application to recuse lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from leading the prosecution team will also be heard on the two days.
The matter came up for case management at the Court of Appeal today before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Darmafikri Abu Adam..
When contacted, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh (left) confirmed the setting of the dates, as the matter was attended by his sister Sangeet Kaur.
“We will file the application to recuse Shafee soon,” he said.
Anwar was acquitted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Jan 12 last year of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan at the Desa Damansara condominium on June 26, 2008.
DPP Noorin Badaruddin told Malaysiakini that Anwar's application to recuse lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from leading the prosecution team will also be heard on the two days.
The matter came up for case management at the Court of Appeal today before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Darmafikri Abu Adam..
When contacted, lawyer Ramkarpal Singh (left) confirmed the setting of the dates, as the matter was attended by his sister Sangeet Kaur.“We will file the application to recuse Shafee soon,” he said.
Anwar was acquitted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Jan 12 last year of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan at the Desa Damansara condominium on June 26, 2008.
Justice Zabidin Mohd Diah, in acquitting Anwar, ruled that it was not safe to convict Anwar due to evidence on the possibility of the samples retrieved from Mohd Saiful Bukhari could have been tampered after Superintendent Jude Blacious Pereira had opened and relabelled them.
Shafee’s (right) appointment to lead the prosecution, which was signed by attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail through a fiat (power of attorney) dated July 2, has caught everyone by surprise.
The opposition leader had cited Shafee’s credentials in representing many cases for Umno and BN, and the allegations on his alleged role in the sodomy charge, as some of the reasons to object against the senior lawyer’s appointment when the matter came up on July 22.
Shafee, however, contended that he is not a member of any political party, including Umno.
Yesterday, it was reported that Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was ordered to pay RM300,000 to Shafee for defamation.
This follows a series of three articles posted on the website in 2008 allegedly on the role played by the lawyer in Sodomy II.
Shafee’s (right) appointment to lead the prosecution, which was signed by attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail through a fiat (power of attorney) dated July 2, has caught everyone by surprise.The opposition leader had cited Shafee’s credentials in representing many cases for Umno and BN, and the allegations on his alleged role in the sodomy charge, as some of the reasons to object against the senior lawyer’s appointment when the matter came up on July 22.
Shafee, however, contended that he is not a member of any political party, including Umno.
Yesterday, it was reported that Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was ordered to pay RM300,000 to Shafee for defamation.
This follows a series of three articles posted on the website in 2008 allegedly on the role played by the lawyer in Sodomy II.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the article was defamatory and there was no evidence for Raja Petra to support the claim.
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