PUTRAJAYA, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should have undergone a DNA test to prove that the unknown profile of 'Male Y' found on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's rectum was not his, the Federal Court heard today. Lead prosecutor Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the defence never explained why Anwar's semen samples were found on Mohd Saiful's rectum. "He should be ready to do his own DNA test if the semen is not his. He can do it quietly in Australia or Europe," he submitted before a five-man bench chaired by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria, which is hearing Anwar's final appeal against a sodomy conviction and five-year jail sentence. He said Anwar could have tendered the results of his DNA test at the High Court stage as an additional defence evidence. The Court of Appeal had found Anwar, 67, guilty of having sodomised his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari, 27, at Unit 11-5-1 of the Desa Damansara Condominium in Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara, between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 26, 2008. Anwar was charged under Section 377B of the Penal Code, which carries a jail sentence of up to 20 years and whipping, upon … Continue reading →

The prosecutor in Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case says the defence was playing on semantics. UPDATED PUTRAJAYA: Prosecutor Shafee Abdullah defended the findings of chemist Seah Lay Hong against the case made by Anwar Ibrahims chief counsel by telling the court that government doctors had said the DNA reading, and not the DNA samples, was perfect and pristine. Describing the defences insistence on pristine DNA samples as a play on semantics, Shafee gave the court the example of a murdered woman in Queensland, Australia. The case, R vs Butler, saw DNA being retrieved from a towel buried for 13 years and used to secure a conviction when the DNA matched. Shafee explained his choice of example by telling the court that Queenslands climate is as tropical as Malaysias Shafee also took the defence to task for failing to follow up on the claim of an alibi. None of the witnesses listed on the alibi notice was called for cross examination, he said, noting that alleged sodomy victim Saiful Bukhari Azlan was cross examined on his alibi. The defence cannot simply abandon the defence of alibi, he said. Once you have opened the umbrella, you must use it irrespective of rain or … Continue reading →

WEST READING, Pa. - DNA evidence has helped police identify a suspect nearly a decade after a violent home invasion. Edwardo Santiago, also known as Eduardo, is now facing charges that include robbery, simple assault, theft, conspiracy, receiving stolen property and related charges. "Someone was standing there and they maced me and all I could see was a big figure," said Frederick Korper, who spoke only to 69 News following the break in the case. Korper, 78, survived the violent home invasion nearly nine years ago. "I kept thinking about it every time I heard the word DNA," said Korper, who now lives in Reading. Santiago, 44, of Reading, is locked up in the Berks County Jail. According to police, Korper received a knock on his door in the 500 block of Franklin Street in West Reading in November 2005. Korper said when he asked who it was he was told, "It's the police." A woman burst inside and sprayed mace in Korper's eyes. He fought her off and managed to pull her to the ground and pulled out some of her hair. "She kept macing me, and she said, 'Let go of my hair or I'm going to keep … Continue reading →