Anwar seeks to subpoena Najib and Rosmah - If Najib and the government have managed to cover up the Altantuya murder trial, what more sodomy II trial?

Anwar Ibrahim, who stands accused of sodomy in a long-delayed trial due to start this afternoon, intends to subpoena Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor as witnesses.

Anwar, 62, claimed to have evidence that the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, had met the duo two days before lodging a police report.

"We want to know Rosmah and Najib's involvement in this," Anwar told supporters at the Kuala Lumpur High Court complex this morning.

"They had initially denied the meeting. Now Najib has admitted he had met (with Mohd Saiful) and we want to know (more).

“If Najib and the government have managed to cover up the Altantuya (Shaariibuu) murder trial, what more this? This is a desperate attempt to implicate me."

In July 2008, Najib, who was then deputy premier, admitted Mohd Saiful (right) had paid him a visit at his home a few days before lodging the police report against Anwar.

Najib claimed he had advised Mohd Saiful to lodge the report but denied involvement in an alleged conspiracy against Anwar.

Prior to this, Najib had admitted that he met Mohd Saiful on another occasion at his Putrajaya office.

Mohd Saiful, a Universiti Tenaga dropout, was said to have been seeking Najib's help in obtaining a government scholarship.
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