10 March 2011

Prosecution's final witness testifies...

The prosecution in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial may wrap up its case either today or tomorrow with the final witness, investigating officer Supt (then DSP) Jude Blacious Pereira, taking the stand. Pereira is expected to provide some links to the chain of evidence the police have secured in its investigation on the opposition leader.

Yesterday former Hospital Kuala Lumpur clinical pathologist Dr Razuin Rahimi testified that complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan had told her there was full penetration and that he refused to perform oral sex during the alleged incident.

9.06am: Court in session with High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah presiding.

9.07am:
Investigating officer Jude Blacious Pereira takes his oath. He is attached to Bukit Aman's legal and prosecution division. He is testifying in Bahasa Malaysia. Questioned by solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, he says he is the Brickfields CID (Criminal Investigation Department) chief.

9.10am: Pereira says Anwar faces a charge under section 377B following complaint from Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. "I investigated the case," he tells the court. Saiful is called into the courtroom to be identified by Pereira. Pereira said while at Brickfields police station, he received a call informing him that Saiful was sodomised by Anwar at the Desa Damansara condominium. "I informed Ku Chin Wah, KL CID chief, about the case. I then went to HKL (Hospital Kuala Lumpur) where I saw Saiful and Dr Razuin."

9.15am: At HKL, the police report lodged by Saiful was shown to Pereira.

Yusof: Saiful was at HKL to undergo examination?

Pereira: I know as there were three doctors there at 9pm on June 28, 2008. He named the other three doctors.

9.18am: Pereira says only Dr Razuin had interviewed Saiful while the other doctors examined him. But on follow-up questions from Yusof, he agrees that the other three doctors also interviewed Saiful. "Razuin's role is to make notes as the examination was being done at the one-stop crisis centre," he says. "I only observe and was there at all times. The examination began at 9.30pm and ended at 11.30pm."

9.22am: Pereira says Dr Razali Ibrahim and Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan conducted the medical examination while Dr Siew Sheue Feng retrieved 10 samples. The witness adds that Siew put them in sealed container and it was placed in a heat-sealed plastic bag. "I signed a handover form to retrieve the items from Siew. Siew and I signed the document."

9.26am: Pereira says the handover form was written by him, while the locations of the swab samples were entered by Siew.

9.28am: Pereira says after accepting the items, he placed them in his office and kept the items in a locked cabinet. "I kept those items at 1am on June 28, 2008. The room is air conditioned with temperature at 18 degrees. "I also seized a Ralph Lauren light blue shirt owned by Saiful at the hospital." Pereira continues his testimony. "At 7.30pm on June 28, 2008, I also seized a KY gel brand name Johnson and Johnson while Saiful was at the hospital." He confirms the gel in court when it is shown to him.

9.37am: Pereira says at 8.30pm, on June 29, 2008, he went to Saiful's house in Bandar Utama and retrieved a black pants, a Levi's underwear and a green long sleeve shirt. "Saiful was with me when he showed the items." The items are identified by the witness in court.

9.42am: Saiful's underwear shown and those in public gallery laugh. Pereira says another blue-black underwear was retrieved from Saiful's girlfriend's house, which had been washed. He identifies the underwear. "It was wet then."

9.46am: Pereira says on June 29 at about 12.30pm, he went to the 11-5-1 unit of the Desa Damansara condominium with a forensic team. "I found a strand of hair behind a door, and also the forensic team seized a duvet and a silk carpet from 11-5-2. The forensic team was led by Amidon." The items were placed in the safe of his office. Pereira says he opened his office's safe on July 1, 2008, to retrieve all the items.

9.51am: The condominium owner, Hasanuddin Abdul Hamid, is called into the courtroom and identified by Pereira.

10.01am: Pereira says he removed all items from his cabinet on June 30, 2008 and marked them from B1 to B11. "I copied and marked the items according to its proper order following the handover form from HKL's Dr Siew. All the seals were intact."

10.11am: Prosecutor Yusof requests for a break. The court stands down. It is unclear how long the break will be. Court should resume in about 10 or 15 minutes.

10.42am: Court resumes. Pereira verifies in court the items he received from Siew on June 29, 2008. "These are the same specimens retrieved which was signed by Siew and Saiful," he says.

10.45am: He testifies that the dates of the samples, written as June 26, 2008, were wrong, as no samples were taken on that day. The items were retrieved on June 28, 2008. Pereira says he sent the items to the chemist on June 30, 2008 at 7.50pm at the Chemistry Department. "I handed them to Dr Seah Lay Hong".

10.52am:
Pereira says after handing over the items, a handing over form was issued the same day.

10.54am:
He adds that on June 30, 2008, at about 11pm, he received two hard disks from the condominium containing CCTV recordings of the guard house and lift. He says he marked them as HD 1 and HD2.

11.03am:
He says he marked the silk carpet, duvan, Saiful's black pants, two underpants, two long sleeve shirts at his office on July 1, 2008.

11.05am:
He adds that about 4.45pm, on July 1, he handed the items to Dr Seah Lay Hong. Initially witness says: "Saya serah barang-barang tersebut ke Jabatan Kimia (I handed those items to the Chemistry Department)" Yusof asks: "Kamu tak serah pada orang? (You did not hand the items to a person?)", resulting in chuckles in the court. Pereira replies he handed it to Dr Seah. He also verifys the two hard disks seized from the condo.

11.11am:
Jude says on July 3, 2008, he handed the items to audio and video specialist ASP Fauziah Che Mat.

11.14am:
On July 7, he says he received the chemist report from Seah.

11.16am:
On July 16, 2008, Pereira says Supt Taufik Abdul Rahman arrested Anwar. "A warrant of arrest was issued on the morning of July 15 by the court. It was implemented at about 2.40pm on July 16, 2008," he says.

11.19am: Pereira says he received the original copy of the warrant of arrest from Supt Taufik. He received the copy from Taufik, which was signed by Anwar. "I recorded Anwar's statement at 2.45pm on July 16," he said.

11.27am: Jude says he informed Anwar the place and time of the incident. "I finished recording Anwar's statement at 5.40pm. Anwar was accompanied by lawyer Sivarasa Rasiah," he said.

11.30am: At 8.30pm on July 16, Jude says he brought Anwar to HKL to get a blood sample. "Two doctors attended to him. Also present was Sivarasa. "Anwar did not give the blood sample, saying the same events will happen as in 1998. I do not know what happened in 1998," he said.

11.33am: Pereira says Anwar was escorted back to D9 at IPK Kuala Lumpur, and at 11.35pm he escorted Anwar to the lock-up. "He brought with him the mineral water bottle to the lock-up. I did not see where Anwar placed the bottle but he brought it into the lock-up."

11.36am: Jude says Anwar was held at the lock-up as he had to ask some more questions. "It was late and we are bound by lock-up rules not to record statements after 6pm. "That is why he was held at the lock-up. I took his statement at about 8.35am about the HKL. I finished recording his statement at 9.20am."

11.39am: Pereira says he received the toothbrush, towel, mineral water bottle and a strand of hair from Supt Amidon Anan on the afternoon of July 17, 2008.

11.42am: Pereira says he marked those items. The four envelopes where the items were placed are now shown to the witness. "I received it from IPK KL and it was sealed with a forensic seal."

11.48am: Pereira says he sent those items to chemist Nor Aidora Saedon. "I also sealed it with a PDRM seal besides the forensic seal." "On July 22, I received the envelopes containing the items back from Nor Aidora and also a chemist report."

11.50am: Chemist report is shown, and Pereira identifies it.

11.55am: Pereira says he viewed the CCTV recording to see who entered the condominium and lifts on the day of the incident, June 26, 2008. "I recognise the complainant, Anwar and identified five other people."

11.57am: Pereira says out of the five, he only recognised one of them.

He says he also identified seven cars which entered the condominium and verified it with the Road Transport Department as to who are the owners. "I recorded the statement from two of the individuals."

12.03pm: Jude says he identified Professor Dr Mohd Ariff Abdul Karim, from MIER. (Malaysian Institute Economic Research).

12.09pm: Yusof finishes the examination in chief.

12.11pm:
Karpal wants to begin questioning tomorrow but Justice Zabidin orders to continue at 2.30pm.

12.32pm: After meeting the judge in chambers, justice Zabidin agrees to continue trial tomorrow at 9am.

source:malaysiakini

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