The prosecution in Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial is urgently seeking a ‘stay’ order against having to surrender copies of video recordings, documents and the medical report to defence lawyers.

Last Thursday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court had ordered the prosecution to make the documents available to Anwar, within seven days.

The next day, the prosecution filed a notice of appeal against Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah's ruling.

About 2pm today, the prosecution filed its ‘stay’ application at the High Court criminal registry.

anwar ibrahim sodomy allegation saiful bukhari azlan first day in court 070808 sankara nair The document was signed by DPP Nordin Hassan, one of the six-member prosecution team led by Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden.

Anwar's lawyer, Sankara Nair (right) , confirmed that he had received a copy of the application, and that a certificate of urgency had been filed along with it.

No date has been fixed to hear the application, but Sankara said that an affidavit-in-reply would be filed.

Cross-appeal filed

Anwar, 62, is charged with sodomising his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 24, at a condominium in Bukit Damansara on June 26, last year.

In his ruling last week, Zabidin ordered the prosecution to allow Anwar's lawyers to inspect CCTV recordings of the alleged scene of the offence, if the copy provided is not clear.

desa damansara condominium 020708 The footage is of the guardhouse and lifts to Block 11 of the Desa Damansara condominium and other locations within the complex.

He further ordered that the medical examination notes of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital doctors on Mohd Saiful should be handed to the defence team.

Anwar has since filed a cross-appeal against Zabidin's decision not to allow him to receive the original DNA specimens, because the samples have been packed and sealed.