By Debra Chong
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today failed in his bid to get extra evidence from the prosecution before his Sodomy II trial.
The Court of Appeal panel of judges, made up of Datuk Hasan Lah, Datuk Wira Abu Samah Nordin and Datuk Sulaiman Daud, unanimously ruled in favour of the prosecution and struck out Anwar’s cross-appeal.
Hasan, who led the Bench, overruled the prosecution’s argument that the High Court judge in Anwar’s trial had made a mistake in interpreting the law when the latter ordered the prosecution to supply certain evidence to the defence team. (more…)
















