Man says Anwar sodomized him

Man says Anwar sodomized him

KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): The key witness in the sodomy trial of Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday he had sex with the former deputy premier up to 15 times before a separate incident involving Anwar and his adopted brother in 1993.

Former driver Azizan Abu Bakar told the high court his first sexual encounter with Anwar took place in a house at the Port Dickson beach resort south of Kuala Lumpur in early 1992.

The Malaysian judge hearing Anwar's sodomy trial on Monday ordered Chandra Muzaffar, the deputy president of Anwar's wife's newly formed National Justice Party (Keadilan), to appear before him to answer possible contempt charges for allegedly criticizing the trial's proceedings.

Chandra's press statement which had been posted on the Keadilan website and published on Monday by the Harakah newspaper read: "It is a shame that elements in the police force, in the attorney general's chambers, in the courts and in the media are prepared to be subservient tools in this massive conspiracy hatched by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his cohorts."