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Anwar files second application within a week, to interview 10 witnesses

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:09 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today filed a second notice of motion within a week at the High Court here and this time he wants the court to issue an order to interview 10 witnesses, including two Indonesian maids, whose names he had listed in his alibi notice.

In the application filed this morning via Messrs Karpal Singh & Co, Anwar
named the two former Indonesian maids of Hasanuddin Abd Hamid, owner of the
condominium unit where the incident allegedly took place.

One of the maid was identified as "Suliati", while the other was Fitria Dipan.

Eight others named were Abdullah Sani Said (Anwar's former driver), Mokhtar
Mustafa, Nik Mahmood Nik Hassan, Noor Sham Abdul Hamid, Prof Dr Mohamd Ariff
Abdul Karem (ex-executive director of MIER), Mohd Khoharullah Abdul Majid,

Raymond Yeoh Cheng Seong (banker) and former chief operating officer of Bursa
Saham Malaysia, Omar Malek Ali Merican.

Last week (July 26), Anwar filed a similar application to interview five witnesses, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

In a supporting affidavit on his latest application, Anwar had stated the
same grounds as the earlier application that under the law, the onus was on the
prosecution to facilitate witness interviews by the defence and that the cost
would be paid by the prosecution.

Counsel Ram Karpal Singh told reporters that Justice Datuk Mohamd Zabidin Mohd Diah would hear Anwar's first application on Wednesday (Aug 3) and hoped the second application (today's application) would also be heard on the same day.
Karpal Singh when contacted said most of the 10 witnesses were initially in the prosecution's witnesses list and their statement was recorded by police.

"We want to interview prior to the defence case on what they had actually
(10 witnesses) told the police and later decide whether we can still rely on
them," said Karpal Singh.

On May 16, Justice Mohamad Zabidin ordered Anwar to enter his defence after
ruling that Anwar's former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the complainant in
the case, was a truthful and credible witness.

He had set Aug 8-26 to hear the defence case.

Anwar pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court on Aug 7, 2008, to committing
carnal intercourse against the order of nature, at Condominium Desa Damansara in
Bukit Damansara, between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 26 the same year. - Bernama

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US Special Rep to Muslim Communities visits Malaysia

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The United States' Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, will make a three-day visit to Malaysia from tomorrow.

Pandith will meet senior Malaysian government officials, politicians,
entrepreneurs and members of civil society, according to a statement from the US
embassy today.

"She will also visit the Adni Islamic School (in Ampang, Selangor) and host
a webchat bringing together Adni Islamic School students and students from

Sabah," it said.

Pandith, the first special representative to Muslim communities, has held

the post since June 2009.

Her tasks include carrying out dialogue and forging partnerships with Muslims across the globe based on mutual interest and mutual respect. - Bernama

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Ahad, 31 Julai 2011

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