Court reserves judgment on Anwars sodomy appeal
The Court of Appeal today reserved its judgment on whether to allow the appeal by jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his conviction for sodomy and nine-year jail sentence.
Justices Pajan Singh Gill, Hashim Mohd Yusof and Richard Malanjum said they would deliver their decision on another date, which is yet to be fixed.
"We reserve our judgment as we need time to deliberate on all arguments forwarded by each counsel,"justice Pajan told the counsel who completed their submissions this afternoon.
Anwar is appealing against High Court Judge Arifin Jaka's decision on Aug 8, 2000 to sentence him to nine years jail for sodomising Azizan Abu Bakar, the former driver of Anwar's wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
The ex-deputy premier's co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja is also appealing against his conviction. Sukma, an Indonesian national, was sentenced to six years' jail and four strokes of the rotan for the same charge.
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