During the celebrated corruption trial of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim six years ago, his aide Mohd Azmin Ali had testified that he was 'forced and tortured' while under police detention and that he had complained about it to a magistrate.

However, Azmin did not actually used the words 'forced and tortured' in his complaint to the magistrate. He was subsequently charged and found guilty of perjury despite that the magistrate had testified that he conclusively believed that Azmin was indeed forced and tortured.

It was this piece of evidence not carefully considered by the judge that the defence argued the 2001 perjury conviction of Azmin, who is Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president, was flawed in his appeal at Kuala Lumpur High Court today.