KUALA LUMPUR: A former personal aide of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan has filed a suit against the opposition Leader, seeking RM50 million in damages for sodomising him six years ago and then injuring his reputation.
Mohd Saiful, 27, filed the suit at the Civil High Court registry last June 23 through the legal firm of Messrs. Zamri Idrus & Co.
The media obtained a copy of his statement of claim after the matter came up for case management yesterday.
Lawyer Zamri Idrus, representing Mohd Saiful, when approached by reporters, said the case had been fixed for case management on Oct 8 before Civil High Court deputy registrar, Norfauzani Mohd Nordin.
He said the court also ordered Anwar, who was represented by lawyer Shahid Adli, to file the defence statement by Sept 3.
In the writ of summons, Mohd Saiful claimed that he had to bear physical pain and sufferings since being sodomised by the defendant and also after Anwar claimed that the police report lodged by him (Mohd Saiful) on the incident was false and a conspiracy against him.
Mohd Saiful said that sodomy was an offence under the Penal Code and Anwar should pay him damages for doing the act on him and also for injuring his reputation after that.
He said he never lied about the police report against Anwar for sodomising him and claimed that the last time it
happened was on Jun 26, 2008 at Unit 1151, Kondominium Desa Damansara, Jalan Setia Kasih here.
In the statement of claim, Mohd Saiful said he started working with Anwar in March 2008 when he was 22 years old and Anwar always took him along on business trips locally and abroad.
On March 7 this year, the Court of Appeal, in allowing an appeal by the prosecution, sentenced Anwar to five years’ jail for sodomising Mohd Saiful.
However, Anwar was allowed bail of RM10,000 in one surety pending his appeal at the Federal Court.
The decision by the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court decision on Jan 12, 2012, which acquitted Anwar of the charge.
Anwar’s appeal is set for case management today. — Bernama