Former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's review of his sodomy II conviction at the Federal Court will pit two former apex court judges against each other, lawyer Gopal Sri Ram and newly-appointed Attorney-General Mohamad Apandi Ali.

This was disclosed by Anwar's lawyer Latheefa Koya when the matter came up for case management today.

"Yes, Apandi will appear for the prosecution himself and it would not be (Muhammad) Shafee (Abdullah)," she said.

Besides Latheefa, lawyers N Surendran, who is also Padang Serai MP, and Shahid Adli Kamarudin appeared for Anwar.

This was confirmed by deputy head of the prosecution division in the Attorney-General’s Chambers Mohd Hanafiah Zakaria, who is also a DPP in the case and had appeared for today's case management.

Latheefa said the next case management is Aug 20, as Anwar's lawyers would have to seek dates when Gopal is available.

Anwar was sentenced to five years' jail by the Federal Court last February after Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, who led a panel of five judges, found him guilty and did not allow his appeal.

Besides the review, Anwar wants the court to also hear an application to record a statement from former Commerical Crime Investigation Department director Ramli Yusuff ( photo ).

Ramli was the police officer who stopped former IGP Abdul Rahim Noor from assaulting Anwar further when the former Deputy Prime Minister was sacked in 1998 and charged in what is dubbed as Sodomy I trial.

On June 10, Anwar filed a review, arguing there was a political conspiracy against him dating back from the black eye incident.