Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was disrupted due to a power failure at the Jalan Duta Court Complex, forcing the hearing to be put off to tomorrow.

The outage occured about 11am, soon after the prosecution's fifth witness Dr Seah Lay Hong, of the Chemistry Department took the oath.

NONEKuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah (left) postponed the court hearing to 2pm.

However, when the hearing resumed after lunch, the air-conditioning was not working even though electricity supply had been restored. In addition, the court recording system was down.  

After meeting both the defence and prosecution teams, Zabidin put off the hearing to 8.30am tomorrow.

Earlier, Kuala Lumpur Hospital emergency care specialist Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan testified that he did not fill up several key medical information on the pro forma form when he examined complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

He agreed with lead defence counsel Karpal Singh that among the information he had omitted were the sexual history of the complainant, physical examination, circumstances leading to the incident and whether the victim had washed his mouth after the alleged 'oral sex'.

When he was referred the pro forma form by Karpal, Khairul agreed that no force had been used during the alleged act.

However, he said the patient (Saiful) had informed him that he had put up some resistance.

Specialist denies contradicting himself

Anwar, 63, is charged with sodomising Saiful, 25, at Unit 11-5-1 of the Desa Damansara Condominium, Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara between 3.01pm and 4.30pm on June 26, 2008.

Questioned further by Karpal, Khairul Nizam explained that the form was just a guide in recording the patient's history, adding that in this particular case, Saiful had clearly told him that he was sodomised and made to perform oral sex by a high-profile figure.

To another question, Khairul Nizam admitted that prior to preparing his report on July 13, 2008, he had already read the chemistry report received by his department two days earlier.

However, he said that, at the time, he was unaware of the actual spots from which four swabs were taken.

"Only after being informed of the presence of semen on swabs B5, B7, B7 and B9 and his actual location during examination-in-chief, I confirmed there was penetration," explained Dr Khairul.

The specialist denied he had contradicted himself in court by going against what he had stated in the report prepared, together with two other hospital specialists, Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim and Dr Siew Sheue Feng.

The doctors in their reports had stated no conclusive clinical findings on penetration to the anus and no significant defensive wounds on the patient's body.

See part of Saiful's pro forma form
[Not included are a number of pages which were not filled out by the doctor]