QC's verdict: Apex court erred in jailing Anwar

comments     Hafiz Yatim     Published     Updated

With controversy still simmering over yesterday's Federal Court verdict throwing Anwar Ibrahim into jail, an independent observer has described the judgement as 'superficial, failing to adequately deal with key issues brought up by the defence team'.

Inter-Parliamentary Union observer and Queen's Counsel Mark Trowell pointed out that Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria's findings on the DNA material effectively ignored the testimony of Professor Dr David Wells and Dr Brian McDonald both who raised serious doubts as to the integrity of victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's DNA samples.

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