Missing passport fogs Anwar's alibi

Missing passport fogs Anwar's alibi

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Lawyers for Malaysia's ex-deputy premier
Anwar Ibrahim ran into problems on Wednesday after his old
passport was mislaid as they tried to prove he could not have
sodomized his wife's former driver.

Anwar and his co-accused Sukma Darmawan are charged with
sodomizing Azizan Abu Bakar at Sukma's apartment "one night at
7:45 p.m., between January and March 1993".

Prosecutors earlier in the trial had twice amended the charge
to change the year of the alleged offense despite defense
objections.

Lead counsel Christopher Fernando said the defense would show
that Anwar had an alibi from 11 February, 1993, onwards.

Fernando submitted photocopies of his client's old passport to
show his movements at that time but Arifin asked for the original
document. The lawyer replied that the old passport had expired
and was not in Anwar's custody.