Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who has alleged sodomy by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, denied today that Anwar was in another condominium unit at the time of the alleged act.

NONE Mohd Saiful, the prosecution's key witness in Anwar's sodomy trial, maintained that Anwar was at the unit of the Desa Damansara Condominium where the alleged sodomy took place, and not in another unit of the condominium as suggested by Anwar's counsel Karpal Singh.

Saiful said he had gone to the first unit of the condominium on June 26, 2008, to deliver a document to Anwar.

Karpal Singh : I put it to you that what you stated in your testimony in court did not take place in Unit 11-5-1 of that condominium.

Mohd Saiful : Not true.

Karpal Singh : I put it to you that Anwar was in Unit 11-5-2 of that condominium.

Mohd Saiful : No.

Karpal Singh : Again, as you said in court, it was not true that Anwar was in Unit 11-5-1 of the condominium.

Mohd Saiful : No. He was in Unit 11-5-1.

Karpal Singh : I suggest that Anwar was in Unit 11-5-2.

Mohd Saiful : No.

Karpal Singh then told the court that he had submitted the copy of the alibi notice that his client was not present at Unit 11-5-1 as alleged, to the prosecution on June 19 last year.

Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah allowed Karpal Singh's application that the hearing, subsequently, be held in camera as it involved the alibi notice of his client.

The hearing in camera took about 14 minutes and the public were allowed to re-enter the courtroom after the defence had finished its cross-examination of Mohd Saiful, who appeared calm and soft-spoken while answering Karpal Singh's questions.

- Bernama