Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial resumed today after a month-long break, with High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah announcing his decision that the defence will not be given the clinical notes of the three doctors who had examined complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

The judge ruled that the defence had failed to meet the legal requirements as it based its application on a hunch to highlight material contradictions in the witness testimony.

The defence had argued that the clinical notes may shed some light as to what actually took place during Saiful's three-hour medical examination at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) in June 28, 2008.

    

Click here for a recap of the sodomy trial so far.

LIVE REPORTS

8.15am:

The trial continues this morning and as always the police place red plastic cones along the pavement leading to the Jalan Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur to prevent vehicles from being parked on the kerb.

Police investigating officer DSP Jude Pereira is seen outside the courtroom, waiting for the HKL doctors who will be testifying.

8.33am: Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer Param Cumaraswamy arrives.

840am: Reporters and those entering in the public gallery are allowed in after going through police screening. Star witness Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's father, Azlan Mohd Lazim, is among them.