Federal Court to review its sodomy conviction on Anwar
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The Federal Court will today hold |a hearing to review Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction, and a new lead prosecutor has been tasked |with handling the case for |the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).
Anwar Ibrahim’s review against his sodomy conviction is set to be heard at the Federal Court today.
Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, who is from the AGC’s trial and appellate |division, will lead the prosecution for the review hearing with Gopal Sri Ram leading the defence team again.
The media was given different tags to cover the proceedings inside and outside the courtroom.
Reporters who had waited from 6.45am were allowed inside the court at 8.30am.
The Federal Court had, on |February 10, last year upheld Anwar’s conviction and his five-year jail term for sodomising his former aide Mohammed Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 31, at Desa Damansara Condominium in Bukit Damansara on June 26, 2008.
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