your say'Najib said we are on our way to being the best democracy in the world. Soon enough, we'll have loads of records, including the longest-lasting sperm.'

McDonald: Anwar's case the only one such in the world

Evening Breeze: Why don't we ask solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden to pick a male of his choice (allow him to pick an aggressive stud) and have sperm injected into his rectum.

We shall wait and see if the sperm can be captured after 56 hours and given to the chemist two days later, and still find a good DNA sample.

Obviously, we shall not let our local esteemed chemists to tamper with it. Let's have a neutral umpire from across the strait to determine the result.

TPN: Welcome to Malaysia, Dr Brian McDonald. We have this slogan called ‘Malaysia Boleh' in our country. Perhaps in the next international conference, you could bring up this fantastic discovery made by our Malaysian experts.

Swipenter: The extent to which they go to nail Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is unbelievable, even to the extent of bringing down the country in the eyes of the world. As far as I can see, jailing Anwar is nothing but a empty victory for Umno that would lead to their own demise.

Docs: CSI Miami, CSI Las Vegas and CSI New York can't come close to CSI Kuala Lumpur because our government chemists are highly trained and our CSI methods are far superior than any the world has seen.

Therefore, Malaysian chemists are the only ones that can extract DNA 56 hours after staying in a rectum of a chap who did not defecate during that period of time.

In the movie ‘Jurassic Park', DNA was extracted from a mosquito that had bitten a dinosaur for his blood and was encased in wax for millions of years. So for our Malaysian chemists, extracting DNA 56 hours later from a ‘sterile' rectum is not a big problem.

My point is that while America and the rest of the world have witnessed biological breakthroughs only on the silver screen, in Malaysia we have made it a scientific fact.

After this landmark case is over and Anwar is behind bars, I'm sure our esteemed chemists will publish their techniques of retrieving 56-hour-old DNA from a rectum in the The Lancet medical journal.

Keturunan Malaysia: PM Najib Razak said we are on our way to being the best democracy in the world. Soon enough, we'll have loads of records, including the longest-lasting sperm.

Kgen: Should Malaysia apply to ‘The Guinness Book of World Records' for the finding of pristine sperm after 113 hours to be listed as a world record?

Changeagent: For an ‘unqualified scientist', Dr McDonald is making perfect sense. What are the odds of identifying DNA without degradation from sperm that had been in the rectum for 56 hours and another 48 hours in the open?

It is better for Malaysian chemists Dr Seah Lay Hong and Nor Aidora Saedon to attend a DNA 101 refresher course with the ‘unqualified' Australian doctor. He might be able to teach them a thing or two.

Jeremy Ng: In Malaysia, nothing is impossible. Certain religions are so weak that we need guardians to protect them against other religions; interrogated witnesses feel so frightened over a possible RM2,400 corruption charge that they decide to commit suicide and reporters got arrested and detained under the ISA to protect their own safety.

It's also a place where top civil servants are not responsible and accountable for their subordinates' negligence and abuses; and arrested suspects decide to die in lock-ups; where riot police corner peaceful demonstrators and pump them with chemical-laced water and tear gas; and yellow T-shirts could cause internal chaos so they are banned.

Don't forget, the PM can also decide to discuss with a dropout at his own residence on scholarship applications; a Mongolian is bombed to pieces and her entry records disappeared from immigration system.

So long-lasting Malaysian sperm in the rectum is no surprise.

Fz2379: If Umno was behind a grand and clever conspiracy to frame Anwar through this sodomy case, then wouldn't they have made sure that they got Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan over to the hospital say within half an hour of ‘acquiring the sample'?

What kind of a conspiracy is this where their 'chief conspirator' is late by 43 hours, 53 hours or 90 hours after the event? I mean, this was not the first time this 'conspiracy' thing is happening. It happened once before in 1999/2000. Surely the conspirators would have learnt a thing or two since then?

What kind of conspirators are these who cannot even get their star conspirator over to the hospital on time?

The answer is simple: The boy went on his own to the hospital and made his own police report.

Wira: Fz2379, I want to believe you that the boy went on his own to make a police report. However, notice that before he made the report, he also met with the police officer of Sodomy l fame as well as the DPM.

Oh ... you mean he met them for a cup of tea before making the police report? I remember Najib did mention something about a scholarship for the college drop-out.

Teh: The Malaysian Chemistry Department should patent their "state-of-the-arse" technique in DNA extraction and bring Malaysia into the forefront of CSI technology.


Expert: Credibility of the DNA sample at stake

ONG: The world's oldest person who ever lived was a French woman who lived until 122 years old. Don't be surprised if solicitor-general II Yusof has been telling all his kampong folks that it is common for French people to live till 122 years old.

Serina: I guess that although Anwar's on-going court case has brought us together into this discussion, it has also divided us in our opinion on his innocence.

I have long realised that Anwar's moral status has somewhat caused a lot disagreements among Malaysians. It is a shame.

I rather we rant our dissatisfaction via the ballot box or public forum - without unruly politicians taking advantage of every situation.

In the end, the true leaders of democracy are lost among the opportunistic leaders like Anwar.

CiViC: I would bet that Serina, Isa@1penyu, MV, AkuMelayu, etc, are a group of people and not really individuals. Some of their comments are inconsistent throughout the "conversation", suggesting there are different people feeding information and details for the sake of undermining non-BN parties.

One thing that is consistent is that their comments are all for argument sake, and not even related to the article.

Nevertheless, as they have paid their subscription to Malaysiakini, they have all the right to say anything they want, of which they have no fear or worry of being charged or sued, which is another clear clue of who they are serving.

So those of us who wish to stay updated on real news and discuss them, just ignore these commentators.

Retnam: Yesterday, Yusof brought up the Thai medical journal article as evidence. Today, he withdrew it. What does he think the court is - pasar malamkah?

 

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