Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has won the first battle in his Sodomy II trial. Today, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge S M Komathy Suppiah ruled the certificate signed by the Attorney-General requesting the case be transferred to the High Court was invalid. This will give a fillip to Anwar’s fight against the [...]

Sessions court judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah has lifted the media gag on the contents of nine “exhibits” referred to by the defence team in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim‘s Sodomy II hearing. Yesterday, Judge Komathy had allowed the prosecution’s application to issue a gag order to restrain the media from reporting about Abdul Gani Patail’s alleged [...]

The Sessions Court here on Tuesday ruled that it had the discretion to hear submissions on the defence objection questioning the validity of the certificate produced by the prosecution to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court. Judge S.M.Komathy Suppiah rejected the preliminary objection by the prosecution which contended that it [...]

The Sodomy II trial of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been postponed yet again, after Sessions Court judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah ordered a two-week recess so she can decide on whether to allow the prosecution’s application to transfer the case to the High Court. She is set to deliver the decision on October 7. At [...]

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim‘s Sodomy II trial was today postponed to Sept 24 following objections from his defence team over the Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail’s involvement. The objection was a clear sign of how politics will continue to play a major part in this highly-charged trial, in which Anwar has already accused the [...]

Eight years and one day shy of his first sodomy conviction, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim again denied another similar accusation today when he was charged for having carnal intercourse against the order of nature at the Sessions Criminal Court 1. Sessions Court judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah allowed Anwar to be released on a personal bond [...]