The defence team in Anwar Ibrahim's appeal hearing today lashed out at the prosecution for oppressing the former deputy prime minister and his co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaa Madja in the sodomy trial of 1999-2000.

Sukma's lawyer Gobind Singh Deo claimed that the prosecution acted in bad faith when it amended the sodomy charge after being notified of Sukma's alibi notice and then immediately opposed the defence's request for an adjournment to file a fresh alibi.