Doctor: No evidence of sodomy against Anwar

A doctor who examined the man who accused Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy stood by his claim yesterday that he found no evidence of the alleged rape.

Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid spoke in public for the first time since Internet news portals leaked a medical report in which he wrote that he discovered no signs that Anwar's 23-year-old former aide had been sodomized.

"Please be assured that I had merely done my job as a doctor," Mohamed Osman told a news conference. "I am not involved in politics. I will always tell the truth."