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KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's supporters
said today a leaked medical report that states his accuser was not sodomised,
backs his claim of innocence but police have dismissed the report as sabotage
and meant to confuse the public.
Anwar himself has not commented on the medical report exposed by Malaysia
Today’s editor Raja Petra Kamarudin, who claimed that Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul
Hamid from Hospital Pusrawi found no signs that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had
any injuries consistent with sodomy in a June 28 medical report hours before the
male aide complained of sexual assault.
But Anwar's wife, Parliamentary Opposition leader Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan
Ismail joined party supporters to say the medical report proved there was a
conspiracy against him, similar to his followers’ claim of a conspiracy a decade
ago that cost Anwar a chance to be prime minister.
PKR secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim said the leaked
medical report confirm the party's stand that the allegations against their de
facto party chief are "without merit and politically motivated". He added that
it further erodes public confidence in the police investigations into this case.
"Why has this medical report surfaced only today, over one month after the
allegations were made, after Anwar spent a night in jail, and after the police
have spent so much time and money on this case?" Salehuddin asked in a press
statement issued this evening.
"There should be a complete disclosure of the "facts" of this case to the
public. Anything less will further diminish the public's trust in the
institutions of governance and in particular, the integrity of the office of the
Inspector-General of Police," he added.
He also noted the reports that Dr Mohamed Osman had been interrogated by the
police for three days and that, as a result, the doctor and his family have
since gone into hiding. "Every assurance must be given for his safety and
protection," Salehuddin said.
Wan Azizah told the Malaysiakini news portal that police should investigate the
attempt to defame her husband instead of continuing investigations into the
sodomy allegation.
"It's a confirmation that it's a conspiracy all along as this report goes to
prove Anwar's innocence," said the PKR president.
Anwar’s lawyer Sankara Nair told The Malaysian Insider that the legal
team will discuss the latest developments while Hospital Pusrawi is keeping
silent on the matter. According to the medical report from the hospital, Dr
Mohamed Osman had told Saiful to go to a government hospital for a second
opinion.
PKR released the medical report to the media after it first appeared in the
Malaysia Today news portal.
When contacted, Raja Petra stood by what he wrote and specifically confirmed
that Saiful showed no signs of being sodomised in the medical report. Dr Osman
who had been detained by the police, had asked to change the findings of his
report and is now in hiding with his family.
He declined to comment on whether he had personally met Dr Osman, saying that
whatever was written in Malaysia Today was all that he was ready to
reveal at this point.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar told NST Online that
police were considering to investigate the news website and a blog over their
reports, which referred to a medical report allegedly issued by the hospital in
Jalan Tun Razak.
But Ismail declined to comment on the medical report itself, saying
investigations are in progress. He also quashed rumours that police have picked
up Dr Mohamed Osman.
"Mohamed Osman's statement had been recorded by police earlier on in the
investigation. As such, rumours circulating about his arrest by police are
untrue," Ismail said.
Anwar has denied Saiful's accusations, saying the 23-year-old university
drop-out could be a government plant used to derail his political comeback.
However, Saiful has claimed he was sodomised several times, including abroad
when he accompanied Anwar. He also claimed to be Anwar's personal aide but PKR
has dismissed him as just a volunteer "coffee boy".
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