Sodomy allegation: Pusrawi doctor confirms SD

by Maya Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:19 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The doctor who examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan after the latter had lodged a police report alleging he had been sodomised by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has resurfaced to "set the record straight."
Pusrawi Hospital’s Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, reaffirmed statements he had made in a statutory declaration he had filed on June 28, saying that he had found no evidence of sodomy in his examination.
His statutory declaration was leaked to Malaysia Today and published in the news portal on July 28, after which the Myanmar national took one month’s leave from the hospital and apparently fled the country.
At a press conference at the Bar Council auditorium here on Thursday, Osman said he wanted to set the record straight and end media speculation.
He reaffirmed the contents of the statutory declaration.
Osman said he went on leave as he came under pressure following a police investigation into his medical check-up on Saiful, but dismissed claims that he was worried for his safety.
He also said that he did not know how his medical report, protected by patient-doctor confidentiality, became public.
Anwar, now MP of Permatang Pauh, has been charged with the offence. He has denied the allegations, claiming it was part of a political conspiracy against him.
Pusrawi earlier said it had sacked Dr Osman for failing to turn up for work after his one-month leave had expired.
When asked if he was still employed, Dr Osman merely said he "was going back to work."
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