The High Court today allowed Anwar Ibrahim’s former personal aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s application to amend the statement of claim in his RM50 million suit against his ex-boss.

Judicial Commissioner Azizul Azmi Adnan made the decision in chambers after hearing the submissions from both counsels, namely Zamri Idrus, who represented Mohd Saiful, and Shahid Adli Kamarudin, who represented Anwar.

Speaking to reporters later, Zamri said the court also ordered Anwar to file his amended statement of defence before Feb 23.

The court also set March 13 for case management.

On Jan 16, Mohd Saiful filed an application to amend his statement of claim to add more details regarding Anwar’s alleged defamatory accusation against him for his police report about sodomy six years ago.

On June 23 last year, Mohd Saiful, 30, filed the suit seeking RM50 million in damages, citing physical trauma and agony since 2008 as a result of being sodomised by Anwar.

In his statement of claim, Mohd Saiful claimed that Anwar had accused him of defaming and conspiring against him with his police report alleging sodomy on June 28, 2008.

Mohd Saiful also claimed he never lied in the police report about being sodomised by Anwar, and that the last sodomy incident took place on June 26, 2008 at Unit 1151, Desa Damansara Condominium, Jalan Setia Kasih in Kuala Lumpur.

The plaintiff claimed he was looked down by the community who believed Anwar’s allegations against him and ridiculed in the social websites.

Anwar in his statement of defence filed on Oct 8 last year denied sodomising Mohd Saiful and said the allegations were false.

- Bernama